Nehemiah 9:11 — compare English translations
Compare translationsNehemiah 9:11 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וְהַיָּם֙
yâm
H3220
sea
בָּקַ֣עְתָּ
bâqaʻ
H1234
to split
לִפְנֵיהֶ֔ם
pânîym
H6440
face
וַיַּֽעַבְר֥וּ
ʻâbar
H5674
to pass over
בְתוֹךְ
tâvek
H8432
midst
הַיָּ֖ם
yâm
H3220
sea
בַּיַּבָּשָׁ֑ה
yabbâshâh
H3004
dry land
וְֽאֶת
ʼêth
H853
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רֹ֨דְפֵיהֶ֜ם
râdaph
H7291
to pursue
הִשְׁלַ֧כְתָּ
shâlak
H7993
to throw
בִמְצוֹלֹ֛ת
mᵉtsôwlâh
H4688
depth
כְּמוֹ
kᵉmôw
H3644
like
אֶ֖בֶן
ʼeben
H68
stone
בְּמַ֥יִם
mayim
H4325
water
עַזִּֽים
ʻaz
H5794
strong
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World English Bible Public Domain
You divided the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their pursuers you did cast into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.
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King James Version Public Domain
And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And you split open the sea before their face, and they passed through the midst of the sea on the dry land. And you cast their pursuers into the depths, like a stone in mighty waters.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).