The Faith of Moses

Hebrews 11:29

In 9 translations

BSB: By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.Literally made an attempt
KJV: By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
WEB: By faith they passed through the Red Sea as on dry land. When the Egyptians tried to do so, they were swallowed up.
ASV: By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were swallowed up.
LSV: By faith they passed through the Red Sea as through dry land, which having made an attempt [to cross], the Egyptians were swallowed up.
YLT: By faith they did pass through the Red Sea as through dry land, which the Egyptians having received a trial of, were swallowed up;
DBY: By faith they passed through the Red sea as through dry land; of which the Egyptians having made trial were swallowed up.
DRC: By faith they passed through the Red Sea, as by dry land: which the Egyptians attempting, were swallowed up.
GNV: By faith they passed through the red sea as by drie land, which when the Egyptians had assayed to doe, they were swallowed vp.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)

In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Greek reading followed by the King James Version include γῆς (“land”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.

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SBLGNT: γῆς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read γῆς; Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT: Πίστει διέβησαν τὴν Ἐρυθρὰν Θάλασσαν ὡς διὰ ξηρᾶς γῆς, ἧς πεῖραν λαβόντες οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι κατεπόθησαν.
RP2018: Πίστει διέβησαν τὴν Ἐρυθρὰν θάλασσαν ὡς διὰ ξηρᾶς· ἧς πεῖραν λαβόντες οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι κατεπόθησαν.
TR-Boyd: Πίστει διέβησαν τὴν Ἐρυθρὰν θάλασσαν ὡς διὰ ξηρᾶς· ἧς πεῖραν λαβόντες οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι κατεπόθησαν.
SCR1894: πιστει διεβησαν την ερυθραν θαλασσαν ως δια ξηρας ης πειραν λαβοντες οι αιγυπτιοι κατεποθησαν

Who and where

📍 Red Sea

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Red Sea Finisher Drown Assay Torch As Egyptians Text and Manuscripts of the New Testament Sea Papyrus

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Cross-references most cited first

Psalms 78:13He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.
Psalms 106:9–11He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert. He saved them from the hand that hated them; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. The waters covered their foes; not…
Exodus 14:13–15:21But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again. The LORD will fight for…
Habakkuk 3:8–10Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode on Your horses, on Your chariots of salvation? You brandished Your bow; You called for many arrows.…
Psalms 66:6He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the waters on foot; there we rejoiced in Him.
Isaiah 63:11–16Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them, who sent His glorious…
Joshua 2:10For we have heard how the LORD dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites across the Jordan, whom you devoted to destruction.
Isaiah 51:9–10Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon? Was it not You who dried up the sea, the…
Isaiah 11:15–16The LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals. There will be a…
Psalms 136:13–15He divided the Red Sea in two His loving devotion endures forever. and led Israel through the midst, His loving devotion endures forever. but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His loving devotion endures…
Psalms 114:1–5When Israel departed from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue, Judah became God’s sanctuary, and Israel His dominion. The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back; the mountains skipped like…
Nehemiah 9:11You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.

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