Isaiah 43:16
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Thus said the LORD, which makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
American King James Version (AKJV)
Thus said the LORD, which makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
American Standard Version (ASV)
Thus saith Jehovah, who maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
Basic English Translation (BBE)
This is the word of the Lord, who makes a way in the sea, and a road through the deep waters;
Webster's Revision
Thus saith the LORD, who maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
World English Bible
Thus says Yahweh, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
English Revised Version (ERV)
Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
Definitions for Isaiah 43:16
Barnes's Isaiah 43:16 Bible Commentary
Thus saith the Lord - This verse contains a reference to the deliverance from Egyptian servitude - the great storehouse of argument and illustration with the sacred writers; the standing demonstration of God's merciful interposition in behalf of their nation, and proof that he was their God.
Which maketh - Whose characteristic it is to open a path of safety for his people even when deep and rapid floods are before them The standing roof of this which undoubtedly the prophet had in his eye, was the deliverance from Egypt. Still, I think, he did not mean to refer to that alone, but to that as an illustration of what God was, and had ever been to his people.
A way in the sea - Referring to the path made through the waters of the Red Sea when the children of Israel were permitted to go on dry ground.
