King James Version

Exodus 15:5

The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.

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תְּהֹמֹ֖תtehomotdeepתְּהוֹםnoun, common, both genders, plural, absolute — “deep”, the ordinary formH8415an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)deep (place), depth.יְכַסְיֻ֑מוּyekhasyumvcoverכָּסָהverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “cover”, an unfinished actionH3680properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare H3780 (כָּשָׂה).יָרְד֥וּyaredvbring downיָרַדverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “bring down”, a completed actionH3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)[idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take…בִמְצוֹלֹ֖תvimtsolotin deepמְצוֹלָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “in deep”, the ordinary formH4688a deep place (of water or mud)bottom, deep, depth.כְּמוֹkemvothusכְּמוֹpreposition — “thus”H3644a form of the prefix 'k-', but used separately as, thus, soaccording to, (such) as (it were, well as), in comparison of, like (as, to, unto), thus, when, worth.אָֽבֶןavenstoneאֶבֶןnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “stone”, the ordinary formH68a stone[phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The deeps cover them — they went down into the depths like a stone.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The deeps cover them: They went down into the depths like a stone.

Young’s Literal Translation

The depths do cover them; They went down into the depths as a stone.

World English Bible

The deeps cover them. They went down into the depths like a stone.

Darby Translation

The depths covered them; they sank to the bottom as a stone.

Douay-Rheims

The depths have covered them, they are sunk to the bottom like a stone.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The deeps cover them — they went down into the depths like a stone.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He covered them with the sea: they sank to the depth like a stone.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Πόντῳ ἐκάλυψεν αὐτούς· κατέδυσαν εἰς βυθὸν ὡσεὶ λίθος.