King James Version

Exodus 15:12

Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.

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נָטִ֨יתָ֙natitaspreadנָטָהverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “spread”, a completed actionH5186to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application[phrase] afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, o…יְמִ֣ינְךָ֔yeminekharightיָמִיןnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “right”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3225the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south[phrase] left-handed, right (hand, side), south.תִּבְלָעֵ֖מוֹtivlaemvodestroyבָּלַעverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “destroy”, an unfinished actionH1104to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroycover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).אָֽרֶץaretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thou stretchedst out Thy right hand — the earth swallowed them.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, The earth swallowed them.

Young’s Literal Translation

Thou hast stretched out Thy right hand — Earth swalloweth them!

World English Bible

You stretched out your right hand. The earth swallowed them.

Darby Translation

Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.

Douay-Rheims

Thou stretchedst forth thy hand, and the earth swallowed them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thou stretchedst out Thy right hand — the earth swallowed them.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thou stretchedst forth thy right hand, the earth swallowed them up.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐξέτεινας τὴν δεξιάν σου· κατέπιεν αὐτοὺς γῆ.