Exodus 15:16
Let fear and dread fall upon them, in the greatness of thy arm: let them become unmoveable as a stone, until thy people, O Lord, pass by: until this thy people pass by, which thou hast possessed.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Irruat super eos formido et pavor, in magnitudine brachii tui : fiant immobiles quasi lapis, donec pertranseat populus tuus, Domine, donec pertranseat populus tuus iste, quem possedisti.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐπιπέσοι ἐπ᾽ αὐτοὺς τρόμος καὶ φόβος, μεγέθει βραχίονός σου ἀπολιθωθήτωσαν· ἕως ἂν παρέλθῃ ὁ λαός σου, Κύριε, ἕως ἂν παρέλθῃ ὁ λαός σου οὗτος ὃν ἐκτήσω.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- תִּפֹּ֨ל עֲלֵיהֶ֤ם אֵימָ֨תָה֙ וָפַ֔חַד בִּגְדֹ֥ל זְרוֹעֲךָ֖ יִדְּמ֣וּ כָּאָ֑בֶן עַד יַעֲבֹ֤ר עַמְּךָ֙ יְהוָ֔ה עַֽד יַעֲבֹ֖ר עַם ז֥וּ קָנִֽיתָ
Haydock's commentary
In the, &c. When they shall behold thy wonders, wrought in our defence.
Let them cease to make opposition. Hebrew, "let them be silent as a stone." (Haydock)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St John Chrysostom The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Timothy, Titus, and Philemon, 2 Timothy 1:1,2
That is, we did not receive the Spirit, that we should shrink from exertion, but that we may speak with boldness. For to many He gives a spirit of fear, as we read in the wars of the Kings. “A spirit of fear fell upon them.” ( Ex. xv. 16 ?) That is, he infused terror into them. But to thee He has given, on the contrary, a spirit of power, and of love toward Himself. This, then, is of grace, and yet not merely of grace, but when we have first performed our own parts. For the Spirit that maketh us cry, “Abba, Father,” inspires us with love both towards Him, and towards our neighbor, that we may love one another. For love arises from power, and from not fearing. For nothing is so apt to dissolve love as fear, and a suspicion of treachery.