Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing you to it:
Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing you to it:
Then sang Israel this song: Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
Then Israel gave voice to this song: Come up, O water-spring, let us make a song to it:
Then Israel sung this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye to it:
Then sang Israel this song: "Spring up, well; sing to it:
Then sang Israel this song: Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
Spring up, O well, etc. - This is one of the most ancient war songs in the world, but is not easily understood, which is commonly the case with all very ancient compositions, especially the poetic. See the remarks Exodus 15:1 (note), etc.
This song, recognized by all authorities as dating from the earliest times, and suggested apparently by the fact that God in this place gave the people water not from the rock, but by commanding Moses to cause a well to be dug, bespeaks the glad zeal, the joyful faith, and the hearty cooperation among all ranks, which possessed the people. In after time it may well have been the water-drawing song of the maidens of Israel.
21:17 Spring up - Heb. ascend, that is, let thy waters, which now lie hid below in the earth, ascend for our use. It is either a prediction that it should spring up, or a prayer that it might.