Exodus 14:26 (GNV)

Passage

Then the Lord sayde to Moses, Stretche thine hand vpon the Sea, that the waters may returne vpon the Egyptians, vpon their charets and vpon their horsemen.

Nearby Context

Exodus 14:24 Nowe in the morning watche, when the Lord looked vnto the hoste of the Egyptians, out of the firie and cloudie pillar, he strooke the host of the Egyptians with feare.

Exodus 14:25 For he tooke off their charet wheeles, and they draue them with much a doe: so that the Egyptians euery one sayd, I wil flee from the face of Israel: for the Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians.

Exodus 14:26 Then the Lord sayde to Moses, Stretche thine hand vpon the Sea, that the waters may returne vpon the Egyptians, vpon their charets and vpon their horsemen.

Exodus 14:27 Then Moses stretched forth his hand vpon the Sea, and the Sea returned to his force early in the morning, and the Egyptians fled against it: but the Lord ouerthrew the Egyptians in the mids of the Sea.

Exodus 14:28 So the water returned and couered the charets and the horsemen, euen all the hoste of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them: there remained not one of them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "sayde", "moses", "stretche", "thine", "hand", "vpon", and "waters". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lord" and "sayde", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "For he tooke off their charet wheeles..." into verse 27's "Then Moses stretched forth his hand vpon...", so "lord" and "sayde" belong inside that flow. In Exodus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "lord" and "sayde" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.