This translation is from the New American Standard Bible. Other translations are available here. Information about the original Hebrew meaning of what seem to be the key words is provided immediately below the scriptural text. Collections of scriptures dealing with similar principles are hyperlinked at the end of this post.
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But Moses said to the people, “Do not fear! Stand by and see the salvation of the Lord which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again forever. 14The Lord will fight for you while you keep silent.”
15Then the Lord said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the sons of Israel to go forward. 16As for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, and the sons of Israel shall go through the midst of the sea on dry land. 17 As for Me, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen. 18Then the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord, when I am honored through Pharaoh, through his chariots and his horsemen.”
19The angel of God, who had been going before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them. 20So it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud along with the darkness, yet it gave light at night. Thus the one did not come near the other all night.
21Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into dry land, so the waters were divided. 22The sons of Israel went through the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. 23Then the Egyptians took up the pursuit, and all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots and his horsemen went in after them into the midst of the sea. 24At the morning watch, the Lord looked down on the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud and brought the army of the Egyptians into confusion. 25He caused their chariot wheels to swerve, and He made them drive with difficulty; so the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from Israel, for the Lord is fighting for them against the Egyptians.”
26Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may come back over the Egyptians, over their chariots and their horsemen.” 27So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal state at daybreak, while the Egyptians were fleeing right into it; then the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.28The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen, even Pharaoh’s entire army that had gone into the sea after them; not even one of them remained.
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said = אָמַר = 'āmar Blue Letter Bible certify; declare; command, to promise, to intend; to avow, to avouch; bear forth, bring to light; to speak, utter; say in one's heart, think
fear = יָרֵא = yārē' Blue Letter Bible fear, revere, be afraid; tremble; stand in awe of, be awed; reverence, honor, respect; venerate; admire; be dreadful; cause astonishment and awe, be held in awe; inspire reverence or godly fear or awe; to make afraid, terrify; shoot, pour; morally to revere
stand by = יָצַב = yāṣaḇ Blue Letter Bible to place, set, stand, set or station oneself, present oneself; take one's stand; present oneself, stand with someone; stand up; stand firm
see = רָאָה= rā'â Blue Letter Bible to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider; learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out; consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish; gaze at; enjoy, have experience, take heed; spy, stare; enjoy the light; be pleased with the sight; provide or care for, go to see
salvation = יְשׁוּעָה = yᵊšûʿâ Blue Letter Bible salvation, deliverance; welfare, prosperity; victory; something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; aid
accomplish = עָשָׂה = ʿāśâ Blue Letter Bible to do, fashion, accomplish, make; work, make, produce; to deal (with); to act, act with effect, effect; to attend to, put in order; to observe, celebrate; advance; follow, fulfill; be industrious, labor; yield; produce by labor
fight = לָחַם = lāḥam Blue Letter Bible to fight, do battle, make war; to eat, use as food, to feed on; figuratively, to consume, devour
keep silent = חָרַשׁ = ḥāraš Blue Letter Bible to cut in, plough, engrave; devise; to be silent, be dumb, be speechless, be deaf; keep quiet; to remain silent
crying out = צָעַק = ṣāʿaq Blue Letter Bible call, cry for help, cry out in distress, need; make outcry, clamor; to call together; to shriek
go forward = נָסַע = nāsaʿ Blue Letter Bible to pull out, pull up, set out, journey, remove, set forward, depart; to journey, march; to cause to set out, lead out, cause to spring up; to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on a journey; be on his (go their) way; to remove, break camp; bend a bow
lift up = רוּם = rûm Blue Letter Bible to rise, rise up, be high, be lofty, be exalted; to lift up; exalt; set on high; hold up; raise, rear, cause to grow
stretch out = נָטָה = natah Blue Letter Bible to stretch out, extend, spread out, pitch, turn, pervert, incline, bend, bow; to turn aside, incline, decline, bend down; hold out; incline, influence; outstretched; wrest, cause to yield; spread oneself; seduce
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Wisdom Principles-Rely on God, not Material Power or Wealth
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