Scripture · Old Testament
Exodus 14:25
Exodus 14:25 is verse 25 of Exodus chapter 14, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
He caused their chariot wheels to wobble, so that they had difficulty driving. “Let us flee from the Israelites,” said the Egyptians, “for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt!”
Or to swerve or to come off or to bind; see also SP, LXX, and Syriac.
King James Version
And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
World English Bible
He took off their chariot wheels, and they drove them heavily; so that the Egyptians said, “Let’s flee from the face of Israel, for Yahweh fights for them against the Egyptians!”
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Exodus 14:23–27 · Berean Standard Bible
23 And the Egyptians chased after them—all Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen—and followed them into the sea.
24 At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion.
25 He caused their chariot wheels to wobble, so that they had difficulty driving. “Let us flee from the Israelites,” said the Egyptians, “for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt!”
26 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.”
27 So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea returned to its normal state. As the Egyptians were retreating, the LORD swept them into the sea.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Judges 4:15And in front of him the LORD routed with the sword Sisera, all his charioteers, and all his army. Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled on foot.
Psalms 46:9He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
Psalms 76:6At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both horse and rider lie stunned.
Jeremiah 51:21With you I shatter the horse and rider; with you I shatter the chariot and driver.
Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
Job 20:24Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.
Job 27:22It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.
Psalms 68:12“Kings and their armies flee in haste; she who waits at home divides the plunder.
Amos 1:14So I will kindle a fire in the walls of Rabbah to consume its citadels amid war cries on the day of battle and a violent wind on the day of tempest.
Amos 5:19It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.
Amos 9:1I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.
Exodus 14:14The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
Deuteronomy 3:22Do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God Himself will fight for you.”
1 Samuel 4:7the Philistines were afraid. “The gods have entered their camp!” they said. “Woe to us, for nothing like this has happened before.
1 Samuel 4:8Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.