Psalms 136:15

136:15 and tossed ¹  Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea,

for his loyal love endures,

Exodus 14:27-28

14:27 So Moses extended his hand toward the sea, and the sea returned to its normal state ²  when the sun began to rise. ³  Now the Egyptians were fleeing ⁴  before it, but the Lord overthrew ⁵  the Egyptians in the middle of the sea. 14:28 The water returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen and all the army of Pharaoh that was coming after the Israelites into the sea ⁶  – not so much as one of them survived! ⁷ 

Exodus 15:10

15:10 But ⁸  you blew with your breath, and ⁹  the sea covered them.

They sank ¹⁰  like lead in the mighty waters.

¹ tn Or “shook off.”

² tn The Hebrew term לְאֵיתָנוֹ (lÿ’etano) means “to its place,” or better, “to its perennial state.” The point is that the sea here had a normal level, and now when the Egyptians were in the sea on the dry ground the water would return to that level.

³ tn Heb “at the turning of the morning”; NASB, NIV, TEV, CEV “at daybreak.”

⁴ tn The clause begins with the disjunctive vav (ו) on the noun, signaling either a circumstantial clause or a new beginning. It could be rendered, “Although the Egyptians…Yahweh…” or “as the Egyptians….”

⁵ tn The verb means “shake out” or “shaking off.” It has the significance of “throw downward.” See Neh 5:13 or Job 38:13.

⁶ tn Heb “that was coming after them into the sea.” The referent of “them” (the Israelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Heb “not was left among them as much as one.”

⁸ tn “But” has been supplied here.

⁹ tn Here “and” has been supplied.

¹⁰ tn The verb may have the idea of sinking with a gurgling sound, like water going into a whirlpool (R. A. Cole, Exodus [TOTC], 124; S. R. Driver, Exodus, 136). See F. M. Cross and D. N. Freedman, “The Song of Miriam,” JNES 14 (1955): 243-47.