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Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
Exodus 15:11 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
  • BSB Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
  • NKJV “Who is like You, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders?
  • NASB “Who is like You among the gods, Lord? Who is like You, majestic in holiness, Awesome in praises, working wonders?
  • NLT “Who is like you among the gods, O Lord— glorious in holiness, awesome in splendor, performing great wonders?

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Quick answer

The song asks who is like Yahweh, incomparable in holiness, majesty, and wonders.

Overview

This rhetorical question proclaims God's utter uniqueness among all so-called gods. He is glorious in holiness and worthy of reverent praise, doing what no other can. The incomparability of God is a central theme of biblical worship, calling forth awe rather than rivalry.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 32

  • 1 Kgs 8:23and he said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven above, or on earth beneath; who keeps covenant and loving kindness with your servants, who walk before you with all their heart;
  • Ps 89:5–8The heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh; your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
  • 1 Sam 2:2There is no one as holy as Yahweh, For there is no one besides you, nor is there any rock like our God.
  • 2 Sam 7:22Therefore you are great, Yahweh God. For there is no one like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
  • Rev 4:8The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!”
  • Isa 6:3One called to another, and said, “Holy, holy, holy, is Yahweh of Armies! The whole earth is full of his glory!”
  • Jer 10:6–7There is no one like you, Yahweh. you are great, and your name is great in might.
  • Deut 3:24“Lord Yahweh, you have begun to show your servant your greatness, and your strong hand. For what god is there in heaven or in earth that can do works like yours, and mighty acts like yours?
  • Ps 86:8There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, nor any deeds like your deeds.
  • Ps 77:14You are the God who does wonders. You have made your strength known among the peoples.
  • Isa 40:25“To whom then will you liken me? Who is my equal?” says the Holy One.
  • Deut 33:26“There is no one like God, Jeshurun, who rides on the heavens for your help, in his excellency on the skies.
  • Rev 15:4Who wouldn’t fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you only are holy. For all the nations will come and worship before you. For your righteous acts have been revealed.”
  • Exod 8:10He said, “Tomorrow.” He said, “Be it according to your word, that you may know that there is no one like Yahweh our God.
  • Isa 40:18To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?
  • Ps 77:19Your way was through the sea; your paths through the great waters. Your footsteps were not known.
  • Isa 64:2–3As when fire kindles the brushwood, and the fire causes the water to boil; Make your name known to your adversaries, that the nations may tremble at your presence!
  • Ps 35:10All my bones shall say, “Yahweh, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?”
  • Ps 66:5Come, and see God’s deeds — awesome work on behalf of the children of men.
  • Ps 145:17Yahweh is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works.
  • Isa 57:15For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
  • 1 Pet 1:15–16but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior;
  • Jer 49:19“Behold, he will come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoever is chosen, I will appoint him over it. For who is like me? Who will appoint me a time? Who is the shepherd who will stand before me?”
  • Rev 19:1–6After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God:
  • Jer 10:16The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Yahweh of Armies is his name.
  • Heb 12:28–29Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let us have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,
  • Ps 119:120My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments. AYIN
  • Ps 90:11Who knows the power of your anger, your wrath according to the fear that is due to you?
  • Luke 12:5But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him, who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him.
  • Lev 19:2“Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘You shall be holy; for I, Yahweh your God, am holy.
  • Isa 30:11Get out of the way. Turn aside from the path. Cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.”
  • Ps 89:18For our shield belongs to Yahweh; our king to the Holy One of Israel.

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Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Exodus videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.

  • CommentaryClassic commentaries for this verseBibleHub (20+ works) · Pastoral · Free

    Matthew Henry, Barnes, Gill, the Pulpit Commentary, Ellicott, Cambridge, and more — stacked on one page for this exact verse.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on ExodusMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.

How Exodus 15:11 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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