Exodus 15:8
New English Translation
8 By the blast of your nostrils[a] the waters were piled up,
the flowing water stood upright like a heap,[b]
and the deep waters were solidified in the heart of the sea.
Footnotes
- Exodus 15:8 sn The phrase “the blast of your nostrils” is a bold anthropomorphic expression for the wind that came in and dried up the water.
- Exodus 15:8 tn The word “heap” describes the walls of water. The waters, which are naturally fluid, stood up as though they were a heap, a mound of earth. Likewise, the flowing waters deep in the ocean solidified—as though they were turned to ice (U. Cassuto, Exodus, 175).
Exodus 15:8
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
8 At the blast of your nostrils the waters piled up,
the flowing waters stood like a mound,
the flood waters foamed in the midst of the sea.
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