Exodus 15:14

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“The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.”

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BSBPD

“The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“The peoples have heard, they tremble: Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Peoples have heard, they are troubled; Pain hath seized inhabitants of Philistia.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 15:14 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 14:14And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have already heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of this people, that You, O LORD, have been seen face to face, that Your cloud stands over them, and that You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.
  2. Numbers 22:5he sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates in the land of his people. “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt,” said Balak. “They cover the face of the land and have settled next to me.
  3. Deuteronomy 2:4and command the people: ‘You will pass through the territory of your brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so you must be very careful.
  4. Deuteronomy 2:25This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.”
  5. Joshua 2:9and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of you.
  6. Joshua 2:11When we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below.
  7. Joshua 9:9“Your servants have come from a very distant land,” they replied, “because of the fame of the LORD your God. For we have heard the reports about Him: all that He did in Egypt,
  8. Joshua 9:24The Gibeonites answered, “Your servants were told clearly that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and wipe out all its inhabitants before you. So we greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we have done this.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. Psalms 48:6Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.
  12. Psalms 48:7With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.
  13. Isaiah 14:29Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg.
  14. Isaiah 14:31Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! Melt away, all you Philistines! For a cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.
  15. Ezekiel 32:9‘I will trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring about your destruction among the nations, in countries you do not know.
  16. Habakkuk 3:6He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.

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