King James Version
Isaiah 63:13 in the King James Version says “That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble?” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 63 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble?”
Isaiah 63:13 · KJV
Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him? shepherd: or, shepherds
That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble?
As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.
Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained? the sounding: or, the multitude
KJV Study — Public Domain
“them through the deep”
H8415an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)
“in the wilderness”
H4057a pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“that they should not stumble”
H3782to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
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