Exodus 14:10

And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Pharaoh	וּפַרְעֹ֖ה u.far.'Oh	H6547	Paroh · conjunction + noun, masculine singular absolute
nigh	הִקְרִ֑יב hik.Riv	H7126	to approach (causatively · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
children	בְנֵֽי ve.nei-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֨ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
up	וַיִּשְׂאוּ֩ vai.yis.'U	H5375	to lift · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
eyes	עֵינֵיהֶ֜ם 'ei.nei.Hem	H5869	an eye (literally or figuratively) · noun, common feminine dual construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
Egyptians	מִצְרַיִם Mitsrayim	H4714	Mitsrajim
marched	נֹסֵ֣עַ no.Se.a'	H5265	properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
after	אַחֲרֵיהֶ֗ם 'a.cha.rei.Hem	H310	properly · cardinal number, masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
sore	מְאֹ֔ד me.'Od	H3966	properly · cardinal number, masculine singular absolute
afraid	וַיִּֽירְאוּ֙ vai.yi.re.'U	H3372	to fear · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
children	בְנֵֽי ve.nei-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
out	וַיִּצְעֲק֥וּ vai.yitz.'a.Ku	H6817	to shriek · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
LORD	יְהוָֽה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Psalms 107:6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
Joshua 24:7 And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your…
Nehemiah 9:9 And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;
Psalms 34:17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
Isaiah 51:12-13 I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall…
Matthew 8:25-26 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.
2 Chronicles 18:31 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed a…
Psalms 53:5 There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 14:10-14

We have here, I. The fright that the children of Israel were in when they perceived that Pharaoh pursued them, Exo 14:10. They knew very well the strength and rage of the enemy, and their own weakness; numerous indeed they were, but all on foot, unarmed, undisciplined, disquieted by long servitude, and (which was worst of all) now penned up by the situation of their camp, so that they could not make their escape. On the one hand was Pi-hahiroth, a range of craggy rocks impassable; on the other hand were Migdol and Baalzephon, which, some think were forts and garrisons upon the frontiers of Egypt; before them was the sea; behind them were the Egyptians: so that there was no way open for them…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 14:10

when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes--The great consternation of the Israelites is somewhat astonishing, considering their vast superiority in numbers, but their deep dismay and absolute despair at the sight of this armed host receives a satisfactory explanation from the fact that the civilized state of Egyptian society required the absence of all arms, except when they were on service. If the Israelites were entirely unarmed at their departure, they could not think of making any resistance [WILKINSON and HENGSTENBERG].

Adam Clarke on Exodus 14:10

The children of Israel cried out unto the Lord - Had their prayer been accompanied with faith, we should not have found them in the next verses murmuring against Moses, or rather against the Lord, through whose goodness they were now brought from under that bondage from which they had often cried for deliverance. Calmet thinks that the most pious and judicious cried unto God, while the unthinking and irreligious murmured against Moses.

John Gill on Exodus 14:10

And when Pharaoh drew nigh,.... Or "caused to draw nigh" (t); that is, his army, brought it very near to the camp of the Israelites: the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; in great numbers, with full speed, threatening them with utter destruction: and they were sore afraid; being an unarmed people, though numerous, and so unable to defend themselves against armed and disciplined troops; and besides, through their long time of slavery their spirits were broken, and were a mean, abject, dispirited people; and especially were so on the sight of the Egyptians, whom they had so many years looked upon and served as their lords and masters: an…

Dictionary and topics

Red Sea — The sea so called extends along the west coast of Arabia for about 1,400 miles, and separates Asia from Africa. It is connected with the Indian Ocean, of which it is an arm, by the Strait of…
Doubting · EXEMPLIFIED — EXEMPLIFIED
Egypt · .Army of — .Army of
Egyptians · Pursue Israelites, and the army of, — Pursue Israelites, and the army of,
Jews, The · National character of: Cowardly — National character of: Cowardly
Readings, Select · THE — THE
Trouble · .Israelites at the Red Sea — .Israelites at the Red Sea

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Exodus 14:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 14:10-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 14:10

Adam Clarke on Exodus 14:10

John Gill on Exodus 14:10

Dictionary and topics

Exodus 14:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 14:10-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 14:10

Adam Clarke on Exodus 14:10

John Gill on Exodus 14:10

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Exodus 14:1-18

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 14:10-12

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 14:10-12

Rashi on Exodus 14:10