Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

And God led the people about, the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea; and the children of Israel went arrayed out of the land of Egypt.

New American Standard Bible

Hence God led the people around by the way of the wilderness to the Red Sea; and the sons of Israel went up in martial array from the land of Egypt.

King James Version

But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.

Holman Bible

So He led the people around toward the Red Sea along the road of the wilderness. And the Israelites left the land of Egypt in battle formation.

International Standard Version

So God led the people the roundabout way of the desert toward the Reed Sea. The Israelis went up from the land of Egypt in military formation.

A Conservative Version

But God led the people about, by the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea. And the sons of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt.

American Standard Version

but God led the people about, by the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea: and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt.

Amplified

But God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea; the sons of Israel went up in battle array (orderly ranks, marching formation) out of the land of Egypt.

Bible in Basic English

But God took the people round by the waste land near the Red Sea: and the children of Israel went up in fighting order out of the land of Egypt.

Julia Smith Translation

And God will turn the people about the way of the desert, the sea of sedge: and the sons of Israel went up active out of the land of Egypt

King James 2000

But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up equipped for battle out of the land of Egypt.

Lexham Expanded Bible

So God led the people around [by] the way of the desert [to] the {Red Sea}, and the {Israelites} went up in battle array from the land of Egypt.

Modern King James verseion

But God led the people around, by the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea. And the sons of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Therefore God led them about through the wilderness that bordereth on the reed sea. The children of Israel went harnessed out of the land of Egypt.

NET Bible

So God brought the people around by the way of the desert to the Red Sea, and the Israelites went up from the land of Egypt prepared for battle.

New Heart English Bible

but God led the people around by the way of the wilderness by the Sea of Suf; and the children of Israel went up in five [divisions] out of the land of Egypt.

The Emphasized Bible

So God took the people round the desert-way of the Red Sea, - and the sons of Israel went up armed, out of the land of Egypt.

Webster

But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea: and the children of Israel went up harnassed from the land of Egypt.

World English Bible

but God led the people around by the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea; and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt.

Youngs Literal Translation

and God turneth round the people the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea, and by fifties have the sons of Israel gone up from the land of Egypt.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
But God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

led
סבב 
Cabab 
Usage: 157

the people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

סבב 
Cabab 
Usage: 157

through the way
דּרך 
Derek 
Usage: 704

of the wilderness
מדבּר 
Midbar 
Usage: 271

of the Red
סוּף 
Cuwph 
Usage: 28

sea
ים 
Yam 
Usage: 396

of Israel
ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

went up
עלה 
`alah 
Usage: 890

חמשׁ 
Chamush 
Usage: 4

out of the land
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

Context Readings

Summary Of Travel

17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh let the people go, that God did not lead them the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, That the people may not repent when they see conflict, and return to Egypt. 18 And God led the people about, the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea; and the children of Israel went arrayed out of the land of Egypt. 19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him; for he had made the children of Israel swear an oath, saying, God will be sure to visit you; then ye shall carry my bones with you hence.


Cross References

Exodus 14:2

Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea: before Baal-Zephon, opposite to it, shall ye encamp by the sea.

Numbers 33:6-8

And they removed from Succoth and encamped in Etham, which is at the end of the wilderness.

Deuteronomy 32:10

He found him in a desert land, And in the waste, howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he watched over him, He preserved him as the apple of his eye.

Exodus 12:51

And it came to pass on that same day, that Jehovah brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt according to their hosts.

Joshua 1:14

Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle shall abide in the land that Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan, but ye, all the valiant men, shall go over in array before your brethren and help them,

Psalm 107:7

And he led them forth by a right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

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