Psalms 106:9

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“He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.”

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BSBPD

“He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up: So he led them through the depths, as through a wilderness.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And rebuketh the sea of Suph, and it is dried up, And causeth them to go Through depths as a wilderness.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 106:9 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 14:21Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,
  2. Exodus 14:22and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
  3. Exodus 14:27So 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.
  4. Exodus 14:29But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
  5. 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.
  6. Psalms 18:15The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
  7. Psalms 66:6He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the waters on foot; there we rejoiced in Him.
  8. Psalms 77:19Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.
  9. Psalms 78:13He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.
  10. Psalms 78:52He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.
  11. Psalms 114:3The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;
  12. Psalms 136:13He divided the Red Sea in two His loving devotion endures forever.
  13. Psalms 136:14and led Israel through the midst, His loving devotion endures forever.
  14. Isaiah 11:14They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them.
  15. Isaiah 50:2Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.
  16. Isaiah 51:10Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?
  17. Isaiah 63:11Then 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,
  18. Isaiah 63:13who led them through the depths like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not stumble?
  19. Nahum 1:4He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts.
  20. Matthew 8:26“You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm.

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