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The sea saw it, and fled; The Jordan was driven back.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

The sea saw it - The word "it" is supplied by our translators, although not very appropriately. It would be more expressive to say, “The sea…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Fled. —The Authorised Version weakens the effect by rendering it was driven back. (See Joshua 3:16.) The scene presented …

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

The sea saw, and fled: He does not recount in order all the miracles that were performed at that time, but briefly alludes to the sea, whi…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

The sea saw it, and fled
When the Word of the Lord appeared at it, as the Targum in the king's Bible; the Red sea, to which the…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Let us acknowledge God's power and goodness in what he did for Israel, applying it to that much greater work of wonder, our redemption by Christ; a…

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