Exodus 15:6
ESV
Your right hand, O Lord, glorious in power, your right hand, O Lord, shatters the enemy.
NIV
Your right hand, Lord, was majestic in power. Your right hand, Lord, shattered the enemy.
NASB
Your right hand, Lord, is majestic in power; Your right hand, Lord, destroys the enemy.
CSB
Lord, your right hand is glorious in power. Lord, your right hand shattered the enemy.
NLT
'Your right hand, O Lord, is glorious in power. Your right hand, O Lord, smashes the enemy.
KJV
Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
NKJV
“Your right hand, O Lord, has become glorious in power; Your right hand, O Lord, has dashed the enemy in pieces.
What does Exodus 15:6 mean?
Most human beings are naturally right-handed. In the Old Testament, the "right hand" is often used as a metaphor for someone's greatest strength. God has just demonstrated His incredible power by rescuing Israel from slavery (Exodus 1:11–14). Powerful miracles (Exodus 7:21; 8:6, 17, 24; 9:6, 10, 24; 10:14, 23; 12:29–32) eventually convinced Egypt to release their slaves (Exodus 12:33). When Egypt changed their opinion (Exodus 14:5–9), God rescued His people with a supernatural intervention (Exodus 14:21–28). Moses and the rest of Israel are celebrating this spectacular crossing of the sea.To "shatter" something implies complete destruction. In English, the word suggests something being broken into many pieces. The Hebrew root word, rā'ats, is only used here and in Judges 10:8. The same idea, using slightly different Hebrew terms, is seen elsewhere in the Old Testament (Psalm 2:9; Isaiah 27:9; Jeremiah 48:12). God's power did not just barely overcome Egypt's chariots and horsemen—they were utterly and easily wiped out.
