Exodus Chapter 18 verse 11 Holy Bible
Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; yea, in the thing wherein they dealt proudly against them.
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Now I am certain that the Lord is greater than all gods, for he has overcome them in their pride.
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Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; for in the thing in which they acted haughtily [he was] above them.
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Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
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Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing in which they dealt proudly, he was above them.
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Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods because of the thing in which they dealt arrogantly against them."
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now I have known that Jehovah `is' greater than all the gods, for in the thing they have acted proudly -- `He is' above them!'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 11. - Now know I that the Lord is greater than all gods. It would seem that Jethro, like the generality of the heathen, believed in a plurality of gods, and had hitherto regarded the God of the Israelites as merely one among many equals. Now, he renounces this creed, and emphatically declares his belief that Jehovah is above all other gods, greater, higher, more powerful. Compare the confessions of Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 2:47; Daniel 3:26, 27) and Darius the Mede (Daniel 6:26). For in the thing wherein they dealt wickedly he was above them. There is no "he was above them" in the original, nor is the clause a distinct sentence from the preceding one. It is merely a prolongation of that clause, without any new verb; and should be translated, "Even in the very matter that they (the Egyptians) dealt proudly against them "(the Israelites). The superiority of Jehovah to other gods was shown forth even in the very matter of the proud dealing of the Egyptians, which was brought to shame and triumphed over by the might of Jehovah. The allusion is especially to the passage of the Red Sea.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(11) For in the thing . . . --Heb., even in the matter in which they dealt proudly against them. Jehovah's superior power had been shown especially in the matter in which the Egyptians had dealt most proudly--viz., in pursuing the Israelites with an army when they had given them leave to depart, and attempting to re-capture or destroy them.
