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16 When the waters saw you, O God,
    when the waters saw you, they were afraid;
    the very deep trembled.(A)

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16 The waters(A) saw you, God,
    the waters saw you and writhed;(B)
    the very depths were convulsed.

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21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. The Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided.(A)

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21 Then Moses stretched out his hand(A) over the sea,(B) and all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind(C) and turned it into dry land.(D) The waters were divided,(E)

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15 You trampled the sea with your horses,
    churning the mighty waters.(A)

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15 You trampled the sea(A) with your horses,
    churning the great waters.(B)

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The sea looked and fled;
    Jordan turned back.(A)
The mountains skipped like rams,
    the hills like lambs.(B)

Why is it, O sea, that you flee?
    O Jordan, that you turn back?
O mountains, that you skip like rams?
    O hills, like lambs?

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The sea looked and fled,(A)
    the Jordan turned back;(B)
the mountains leaped(C) like rams,
    the hills like lambs.

Why was it, sea, that you fled?(D)
    Why, Jordan, did you turn back?
Why, mountains, did you leap like rams,
    you hills, like lambs?

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15 Now the Jordan overflows all its banks throughout the time of harvest. So when those who bore the ark had come to the Jordan and the feet of the priests bearing the ark were dipped in the edge of the water,(A) 16 the waters flowing from above stood still, rising up in a single heap far off at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan, while those flowing toward the sea of the Arabah, the Dead Sea,[a] were wholly cut off. Then the people crossed over opposite Jericho.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 3.16 Heb Salt Sea

15 Now the Jordan(A) is at flood stage(B) all during harvest.(C) Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge, 16 the water from upstream stopped flowing.(D) It piled up in a heap(E) a great distance away, at a town called Adam in the vicinity of Zarethan,(F) while the water flowing down(G) to the Sea of the Arabah(H) (that is, the Dead Sea(I)) was completely cut off.(J) So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.(K)

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Was your wrath against the rivers,[a] O Lord,
    or your anger against the rivers[b]
    or your rage against the sea,[c]
when you drove your horses,
    your chariots to victory?(A)
You brandished your naked bow;
    sated[d] were the arrows at your command.[e] Selah
    You split the earth with rivers.(B)
10 The mountains saw you and writhed;
    a torrent of water swept by;
the deep gave forth its voice.
    The sun raised high its hands;(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 3.8 Or against River
  2. 3.8 Or against River
  3. 3.8 Or against Sea
  4. 3.9 Heb mss: MT oaths
  5. 3.9 Meaning of Heb uncertain

Were you angry with the rivers,(A) Lord?
    Was your wrath against the streams?
Did you rage against the sea(B)
    when you rode your horses
    and your chariots to victory?(C)
You uncovered your bow,
    you called for many arrows.(D)
You split the earth with rivers;
10     the mountains saw you and writhed.(E)
Torrents of water swept by;
    the deep roared(F)
    and lifted its waves(G) on high.

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