So the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth.”
Exodus 18:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods, because he delivered the people from the Egyptians, when they dealt arrogantly with them.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods. Yes, in the [very] thing in which they dealt proudly [He showed Himself infinitely superior to all their gods]. American Standard Version (1901) Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; yea, in the thing wherein they dealt proudly against them. Common English Bible Now I know that the LORD is greater than all the gods, because of what happened when the Egyptians plotted against them.” Catholic Public Domain Version Now I know that the great Lord is above all gods. This is why they acted arrogantly against them." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now I know that the Lord is great above all gods: because they dealt proudly against them. |
So the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth.”
Then he returned to the man of God, he and all his company; he came and stood before him and said, “Now I know that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel; please accept a present from your servant.”
For great is the Lord and greatly to be praised; he is to be revered above all gods.
The house that I am about to build will be great, for our God is greater than other gods.
You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh and all his servants and all the people of his land, for you knew that they acted insolently against our ancestors. You made a name for yourself that remains to this day.
“But they, our ancestors, acted presumptuously and stiffened their necks and did not obey your commandments;
And you warned them in order to turn them back to your law, yet they acted presumptuously and did not obey your commandments but sinned against your ordinances, by the observance of which a person shall live. They turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck and would not obey.
You rebuke the insolent, accursed ones, who wander from your commandments;
Love the Lord, all you his saints. The Lord preserves the faithful but abundantly repays the one who acts haughtily.
For you, O Lord, are most high over all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods.
Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase and, in the event of war, join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land.”
“When you act as midwives to the Hebrew women and see them on the birthstool, if it is a son, kill him, but if it is a daughter, she shall live.”
Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, “Every son that is born to the Hebrews you shall throw into the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live.”
So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they may serve me.
I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from human to animal, and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord.
Then the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gained glory for myself over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his chariot drivers.”
The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the Israelites, who were going out boldly.
Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in splendor, doing wonders?
But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should listen to him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and I will not let Israel go.”
“You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as before; let them go and gather straw for themselves.
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for all his works are truth, and his ways are justice; he is able to bring low those who walk in pride.
while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom the Lord had struck down among them. The Lord executed judgments even against their gods.
He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
But God gives all the more grace; therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
In the same way, you who are younger must be subject to the elders. And all of you must clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
Talk no more so very proudly; let not arrogance come from your mouth, for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.