Bible Strands
Exodus 15:6
Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses and the Israelites sing this verse immediately after crossing the Red Sea and witnessing the drowning of Pharaoh’s army. The speaker addresses Yahweh directly, declaring His actions in the immediate aftermath of the military deliverance.
The words — The phrase יְמִֽינְ/ךָ֣ (ye.mi.ne./Kha) translates literally as “your right hand,” while תִרְעַ֥ץ (tir.'Atz) means “it shattered,” with the right hand as the grammatical subject. These terms anchor the declaration of divine action in physical metaphor and decisive force.
The thread — The motif of divine power executing deliverance appears in Psalms 118:15, where the right hand of the LORD performs with valor, and 1 Chronicles 29:11, which attributes greatness and power to Yahweh. Isaiah 51:9 parallels this theme by calling for the awakening of the LORD’s arm to act in strength.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that historical deliverance stems from sovereign force rather than human effort. It calls the reader to acknowledge divine authority as the direct agent of victory over opposition.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
Cross-references
- Psalms 118:15 Shouts of joy and salvation resound in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!
- Isaiah 51:9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?
- 1 Chronicles 29:11 Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.
- Psalms 2:9 You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”
- Psalms 60:5 Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.
- Matthew 6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
- Revelation 2:27 He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery—just as I have received authority from My Father.
- Isaiah 52:10 The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.
- Exodus 15:11 Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
- Psalms 17:7 Show the wonders of Your loving devotion, You who save by Your right hand those who seek refuge from their foes.