Exodus 15:21
ESV
And Miriam sang to them: "Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea."
NIV
Miriam sang to them: "Sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted. Both horse and driver he has hurled into the sea."
NASB
And Miriam answered them, 'Sing to the Lord, for He is highly exalted; The horse and his rider He has hurled into the sea.'
CSB
Miriam sang to them: Sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted; he has thrown the horse and its rider into the sea.
NLT
And Miriam sang this song: 'Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; he has hurled both horse and rider into the sea.'
KJV
And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
NKJV
And Miriam answered them: “Sing to the Lord, For He has triumphed gloriously! The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea!”
What does Exodus 15:21 mean?
The statement repeats the beginning of Moses' triumphant song (Exodus 15:1). This probably means that Miriam, Moses' sister (Exodus 15:20), led the women to sing the same words recorded in this passage (Exodus 15:1–18). Their praise is inspired by their recent miraculous rescue (Exodus 14:21–29). In that event, the Lord drowned an entire Egyptian army to permanently sever Egypt's power over Israel.Miriam is older than Moses, having been a young girl when he was born (Exodus 2:1–4). In this passage, Moses is eighty years old, and Aaron is eighty-three (Exodus 7:7). This implies that Miriam was in upper eighties or even in her nineties. One's age is not a determiner of his or her ability to play a crucial role in God's plan (cp. Psalm 90:12; 1 Timothy 4:12). Despite mistakes (Numbers 12:2, 9, 15), Miriam is an important figure in the story of the exodus (Micah 6:4).
