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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Exodus 15:11

Who....Lord. The initials of these four Hebrew letters, which the Maccabees placed on their banners, (m c b i) probably gave that title to those stout heroes, who rose up in defence of their religion. (Haydock) --- Strong, may be applied either to men, or to the pretended gods of the Gentiles, which seems to agree best with the sequel. Septuagint, "among the gods....wonderful in praises." --- Terrible and. Hebrew, "terrible to praise," requiring that we should perform that duty with awe. (Calmet)

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See also Exodus 15:11 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Exodus 15:11. _WHO_ IS _LIKE UNTO THEE, O LORD, AMONG THE GODS?_] We have already seen that all the Egyptian gods, or the objects of the Egyptians' idolatry, were confounded, and rendered compl...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    With the deliverance of Israel is associated the development of the national poetry, which finds its first and perfect expression in this magnificent hymn. It was sung by Moses and the people, an expr...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    7. THE SONG OF REDEMPTION CHAPTER 15:1-21 _ 1. Jehovah acknowledged and praised (Exodus 15:1)_ 2. The victory celebrated as His victory (Exodus 15:3) 3. His holiness praised (Exodus 15:11) 4. His

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SONG OF TRIUMPH (Exodus 15:1 J, Exodus 15:2 ( PSALM), Exodus 15:19 R, Exodus 15:20 F. E). The oldest undoubtedly genuine fragments of H

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WHO IS LIKE UNTO THEE? This is ever the saints' noblest praise. Emphasised by the Figure of speech _Erotesis._ (App-6). Compare Deuteronomy 33:26; Deuteronomy 33:27; 1 Samuel 2:2;...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 84 THE CHARACTER OF GOD Exodus 15:11. _Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?_ EXALTED favours may well b...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    WHO IS LIKE UNTO THEE, O LORD, AMONG THE GODS?— The sacred Writer here refers to those _gods of Egypt,_ over whom Jehovah had now so gloriously triumphed; and one of the great ends of whose miracles i...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 15THEN SANG MO-SES AND THE CHILDREN OF IS-RA-EL THIS SONG UNTO JE-HO-VAH, AND SPAKE, SAYING, I will sing unto Je-ho-vah, for he hath triumphed gloriously: The horse an...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _WHO IS LIKE UNTO THEE, O LORD, AMONG THE GODS? WHO IS LIKE THEE, GLORIOUS IN HOLINESS, FEARFUL IN PRAISES, DOING WONDERS?_ Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? х_ BAA'EELIM_ (H410)] - not...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE GODS] see on Exodus 15:1, and on Exodus 7:4; Exodus 7:5. At this period the gods of other nations might be conceived as real beings, though infinitely inferior to Jehovah. Gradually, however, the...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SONG OF MOSES On the further shore of the Red Sea the Israelites celebrate their deliverance in a magnificent hymn of praise. It consists of three strophes or stanzas of increasing length, viz. Ex...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WHO IS LIKE UNTO THEE... AMONG THE GODS ? — This is undoubtedly the true meaning. It had been a main object of the entire series of miraculous visitations to show that Jehovah was “exalted far above a...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    Stanza 3 is a short one, entering into no details — simply summing up the entire result in two sentences: one, parallel to Exodus 15:2; Exodus 15:6, setting forth the glory of God, as shown in the occ...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    מִֽי ־כָמֹ֤כָה בָּֽ † אֵלִם֙ יְהוָ֔ה מִ֥י...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    MOSES' SONG OF PRAISE TO JEHOVAH Exodus 15:1 This sublime ode falls into three divisions. _We learn, first, what God is: strength_ in the day of battle; _song_ in victory; _salvation_ always. He is t...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    It was a great and glorious song thatrose on the morning air on the far side of the sea. A study of it will reveal it to be a song of the King. It was a high ecstatic moment of national consciousness....

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Who [is] like unto thee, O LORD, among the (f) gods? who [is] like thee, glorious in holiness, (g) fearful [in] praises, doing wonders? (f) The scripture often so calls the mighty men of the world....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Perhaps this expression of God is in reference to the idol gods of Egypt, which were very numerous. Reader! do not hastily pass over these glorious characters in Jehovah: He is glorious in holiness. T...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    There is hardly a book of the Old Testament that stands out in more decided contrast with the book of Genesis than the one which follows it most closely. And this is the more striking, because God emp...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    11._Who is like unto thee? _Moses concludes this song of praise with an ejaculation, because the grandeur of the subject transcends the power of words. The interrogation expresses more than as if he h...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Hereupon we enter the desert. They sing (chap. 15) the song of triumph. God has led them by His power to His holy habitation. But they are on this journey, not in Canaan. He will lead them into the pl...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    WHO IS LIKE UNTO THEE, O LORD, AMONG THE GODS?.... For the perfections of his nature, for the blessings of his goodness, and for the works of his hands; and especially for the greatness and excellency...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Who [is] like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who [is] like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful [in] praises, doing wonders? Ver. 11. _Who is like unto thee?_] One of the most stately descriptions...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods?_ So called; the idols or princes. To the wonderful relation above mentioned, succeeds a wonderful expression of praise. And how, indeed, could the write...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Moses song. 22 The people want water. 23 The waters at Marah are bitter. 25 A tree sweetneth them. 27 At Elim are twelue wels, and seuentie palme trees. 1 THEN sang [NOTE: Genesis 1:20.] Moses a...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE SONG OF TRIUMPH...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Who is like unto Thee, O Lord, among the gods, among all those to whom men apply the name gods? WHO IS LIKE THEE, GLORIOUS IN HOLINESS, FEARFUL IN PRAISES, DOING WONDERS? Jehovah, who performed such g...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE LORD SENDS QUAILS AND MANNA...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    B. THE SONG OF TRIUMPH Exo 15:1-21 1Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto Jehovah, and said: I will sing unto Jehovah, for he is highly exalted; The horse and his rider hath he...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SONG OF SALVATION (vs.1-19) This is the first song found in scripture, and a most fitting response to the greatness of God's victory in delivering His people. It is an expression of joy in the Lo...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    GODS?: Or, mighty ones?...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-21 This song is the most ancient we know of. It is a holy song, to the honour of God, to exalt his name, and celebrate his praise, and his only, not in the least to magnify any man. Holiness to the...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    _ Amongst the gods_, so called and esteemed; or _prince_ or _potentates_, as PSALMS 29:1 EZEKIEL 32:21. GLORIOUS IN HOLINESS, or, _righteousness_: thy power is great and glorious; but thou dost not ab...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    This chapter opens with Israel's magnificent song of triumph on the shore of the Red Sea, when they had seen "that great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians." They had seen God's salvation, and...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Exodus 15:11 LORD H3068 gods H410 glorious H142 (H8737) holiness H6944 Fearful H3372 (H8737) praises H8416 doing...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    Exodus 15 THE AFTERMATH OF THE BATTLE BETWEEN YAHWEH AND PHARAOH'S ARMY. As a result of Egypt's defeat a song was composed. There is no good reason for denying that it was written at the time. Songs o...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Exodus 15:9 Israel was, in the first place, delivered from the hand of God, and then, as the result of this, Israel was delivered from the hand of Pharaoh. Consider: I. The state of the Israelites w...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Exodus 15:1. _Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Exodus 15:1. Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The song of the redeemed. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Miriam. CONCLUSION: Those who love God triumph in His triumphs and what is His honor is their joy. Our first thought should be to give glo...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Exodus 15:1. _Then sang Moses._ The Israelites sang in companies; and the one company often answered the other. See Bishop Lowth on the Hebrew Poetry. Also Psalms 68:25; Ecclesiastes 2:8;...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Who is like unto Thee, O Lord, among the gods?_ THE INCOMPARABLE GOD I. Who is like unto thee, o lord, among the gods? 1. King of kings and Lord of lords! Who among the gods is like unto Thee in m...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 15:1 The song of praise is a celebration of the Lord’s triumph over Pharaoh’s army in the Red Sea. It is similar to other songs or psalms in both the OT and NT that celebrate par...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 15:1. This Song.]—In order fully to appreciate the exquisite beauties of this Song, several conditions must be observed; among them we may name the following:— (1.) The exist...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE SONG OF MOSES. Full of gratitude, joy, and happiness—burning with a desire to vent in devotional utterance of the most fitting kind, his intense and almost ecstatic feelings, Moses, who...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So Moses broke forth in song. Chapter fifteen is actually the song of Moses, of God's deliverance and victory. Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and they spake, sayin...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    like unto thee Deuteronomy 3:24 Deuteronomy 33:26 1 Samuel 2:2 2 Samuel 7:22...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN MOSES Selections from Exodus 3:1; Exodus 6:1; Exodus 7:1; Exodus 8:1;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The gods — So called: Idols, or Princes: Glorious in holiness — In justice, mercy and truth: Fearful in praises — To be praised with reverence....

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