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Exodus 14:25
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!”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator reports Yahweh’s action against the Egyptian army during the night watch, followed by the Egyptians speaking to one another as their military formation collapses.
The words — וַ/יָּ֗סַר (va/i.Ya.sar) translates to “and he turned aside,” describing the divine manipulation of the wheels, while בִּ/כְבֵדֻ֑ת (bi/kh.ve.Dut) means “with difficulty,” indicating the resulting physical impairment.
The thread — The Egyptians’ declaration that “the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt” echoes the theme of divine combat in Exodus 14:14 and Deuteronomy 3:22, while their panic mirrors the enemy fear recorded in 1 Samuel 4:7.
Why it lands — The text records a physical disabling of enemy chariots followed by a verbal confession of Yahweh’s active intervention, requiring the reader to acknowledge that military defeat can precede divine deliverance.
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The Hebrew words
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.
Cross-references
- Exodus 14:14 The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
- Deuteronomy 3:22 Do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God Himself will fight for you.”
- 1 Samuel 4:7 the Philistines were afraid. “The gods have entered their camp!” they said. “Woe to us, for nothing like this has happened before.
- Job 20:24 Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.
- Jeremiah 51:21 With you I shatter the horse and rider; with you I shatter the chariot and driver.
- Amos 5:19 It 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 9:1 I 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.
- Job 11:20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
- Job 27:22 It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.
- Psalms 46:9 He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.