Exodus 14:21-22 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 14:19-31

The goodness and severity of God. I. WHAT GOD IS TO HIS OWN IN THE DAY OF TROUBLE . 1 . He comes between them and their foes. God's presence is between us and our enemies, and they can do no more against us than his love permits. 2 . He is light to them in the time of peril. 3 . The waters are divided before them However much our way may seem hedged in, God's arm will open up a path for us. 4 . The way was not only a path of escape, but one of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 14:21

Moses stretched out his hand . As commanded by God ( Exodus 14:16 ). Compare the somewhat similar action of Elijah and Elisha, when they divided the Jordan ( 2 Kings 2:8 , 2 Kings 2:14 ). The Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind . The LXX . translate "a strong south wind" ( ἐν ἀνέμῳ νότῳ βιαίῳ ); but the Hebrew kadim is certainly "east" rather than "south." It is not, however, "east" in the sense of due east, but would include all the range of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 14:22

The waters were a wall —i .e; a protection, a defence. Pharaoh could not attack them on either flank, on account of the two bodies of water between which their march lay. He could only come at them by following after them. The metaphor has been by some understood literally, especially on account of the expression in Exodus 15:8 —"The floods stood upright as an heap;" and again that in Psalms 78:13 —"He made the waters to stand as an heap." But those phrases, occurring in poems, must be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 14:22

We walk by faith, not by sight. The great mistake of most people is, that they trust too much to their own eyes. They will not take into consideration anything that lies beyond the field of sensible experiences. Now God and his eternity, though manifested in this field, are practically outside it; the spiritual eyesight is more reliable than the physical, because that which it sees is safer to rely upon. Natural sight shows us obstacles, spiritual sight shows us how they may be surmounted.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 14:21

A strong east wind - The agency by which the object effected was natural (compare Exodus 15:8 note): and the conditions of the narrative are satisfied by the hypothesis, that the passage took place near Suez.The waters were divided - i. e. there was a complete separation between the water of the gulf and the water to the north of Kolsum. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 14:22

Were a wall unto them - Compare Nahum 3:8. The waters served the purpose of an intrenchment and wall; the people could not be attacked on either flank during the transit; to the north was the water covering the whole district; to the south was the Red Sea. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 14:21-22

Exodus 14:21-22. And Moses stretched out his hand, &c. We have here the history of that work of wonder which is so often mentioned both in the Old and New Testaments. An instance of God’s almighty power in dividing the sea, and opening a passage through the waters. It was a bay, or gulf, or arm of the sea, two or three leagues over. The God of nature has not tied himself to its laws, but when he pleases dispenseth with them, and then the fire doth not burn, nor the water flow. They ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 14:1-31

Final triumph over Egypt (13:17-14:31)When they left Egypt, the Israelites did not go by way of the Mediterranean coast, as this was well defended by the Egyptians and war would certainly have resulted. Instead they went east towards the Red Sea (17-18). (A literal translation for the name of this stretch of water is Sea of Reeds. It was not the 200 kilometre wide sea that we today call the Red Sea, but probably an extension of the Red Sea’s north-western arm, the Gulf of Suez. It seems to have... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 14:21

wind. Hebrew. ruach. App-9 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 14:21-25

PASSAGE OF THE RED SEA(THEY CROSS OVER)"And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Jehovah caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 14:19-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 14:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 14:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 14:22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 14:21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 14:22

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 14:21-22

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 14:1-31

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 14:21

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 14:21-25

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