Exodus 15:11

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Who is like you, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like you?– majestic in holiness, fearful in praises, working wonders?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִֽי־כָמֹ֤כָה בָּֽאֵלִם֙ יְהוָ֔ה מִ֥י כָּמֹ֖כָה נֶאְדָּ֣ר בַּקֹּ֑דֶשׁ נוֹרָ֥א תְהִלֹּ֖ת עֹ֥שֵׂה פֶֽלֶא׃

Transliteration

mî-ḵāmōḵāh bāʾēlim YHWH mî kāmōḵāh neʾdār baqqōḏeš nôrāʾ təhillōt ʿōśēh p̄eleʾ

Grammar Details

• *mî*: interrogative pronoun - who
• *ḵāmōḵāh*: preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - like you
• *bāʾēlim*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine plural - among the gods
• *YHWH*: divine name - YHWH
• *neʾdār*: niphal participle, masculine singular - glorious
• *baqqōḏeš*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - in holiness
• *nôrāʾ*: niphal participle, masculine singular - fearful/awesome
• *təhillōt*: noun, feminine plural - praises
• *ʿōśēh*: qal participle, masculine singular - doing
• *p̄eleʾ*: noun, masculine singular - wonder/miracle

Word Meanings

• *ʾēlim*: gods/mighty ones/divine beings
• *neʾdār*: glorious/majestic/magnificent
• *baqqōḏeš*: in holiness/in the sanctuary/in sacredness
• *nôrāʾ*: fearful/awesome/terrible

Referenced Verses

• Rev 4:8 : 8 Each one of the four living creatures had six wings and was full of eyes all around and inside. They never rest day or night, saying:“Holy Holy Holy is the Lord God, the All-Powerful, Who was and who is, and who is still to come!”
• 1 Sam 2:2 : 2 No one is holy like the LORD! There is no one other than you! There is no rock like our God!
• Isa 6:3 : 3 They called out to one another,“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies! His majestic splendor fills the entire earth!”
• Ps 77:14 : 14 You are the God who does amazing things; you have revealed your strength among the nations.
• Ps 86:8 : 8 None can compare to you among the gods, O Lord! Your exploits are incomparable!
• 1 Kgs 8:23 : 23 He prayed:“O LORD, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty to your servants who obey you with sincerity.
• 2 Sam 7:22 : 22 Therefore you are great, O Sovereign LORD, for there is none like you! There is no God besides you! What we have heard is true!
• Deut 3:24 : 24 “O, Sovereign LORD, you have begun to show me your greatness and strength.(What god in heaven or earth can rival your works and mighty deeds?)
• Isa 40:25 : 25 “To whom can you compare me? Whom do I resemble?” says the Holy One.
• Jer 10:6-7 : 6 I said,“There is no one like you, LORD. You are great. And you are renowned for your power. 7 Everyone should revere you, O King of all nations, because you deserve to be revered. For there is no one like you among any of the wise people of the nations nor among any of their kings.
• Rev 15:4 : 4 Who will not fear you, O Lord, and glorify your name, because you alone are holy? All nations will come and worship before you for your righteous acts have been revealed.”
• Ps 89:5-8 : 5 O LORD, the heavens praise your amazing deeds, as well as your faithfulness in the angelic assembly. 6 For who in the skies can compare to the LORD? Who is like the LORD among the heavenly beings, 7 a God who is honored in the great angelic assembly, and more awesome than all who surround him? 8 O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies! Who is strong like you, O LORD? Your faithfulness surrounds you.
• Ps 90:11 : 11 Who can really fathom the intensity of your anger? Your raging fury causes people to fear you.
• Ps 119:120 : 120 My body trembles because I fear you; I am afraid of your judgments.
• Ps 145:17 : 17 The LORD is just in all his actions, and exhibits love in all he does.
• Isa 30:11 : 11 Turn aside from the way; stray off the path. Remove from our presence the Holy One of Israel.”
• Isa 40:18 : 18 To whom can you compare God? To what image can you liken him?
• Ps 89:18 : 18 For our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel.
• Ps 77:19 : 19 You walked through the sea; you passed through the surging waters, but left no footprints.
• Deut 33:26 : 26 General Praise and Blessing There is no one like God, O Jeshurun, who rides through the sky to help you, on the clouds in majesty.
• Exod 8:10 : 10 He said,“Tomorrow.” And Moses said,“It will be as you say, so that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God.
• Lev 19:2 : 2 “Speak to the whole congregation of the Israelites and tell them,‘You must be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
• Ps 35:10 : 10 With all my strength I will say,“O LORD, who can compare to you? You rescue the oppressed from those who try to overpower them; the oppressed and needy from those who try to rob them.”
• Ps 66:5 : 5 Come and witness God’s exploits! His acts on behalf of people are awesome!
• Rev 19:1-6 : 1 After these things I heard what sounded like the loud voice of a vast throng in heaven, saying,“Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, 2 because his judgments are true and just. For he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and has avenged the blood of his servants poured out by her own hands!” 3 Then a second time the crowd shouted,“Hallelujah!” The smoke rises from her forever and ever. 4 The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures threw themselves to the ground and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne, saying:“Amen! Hallelujah!” 5 Then a voice came from the throne, saying:“Praise our God all you his servants, and all you who fear him, both the small and the great!” 6 The Wedding Celebration of the Lamb Then I heard what sounded like the voice of a vast throng, like the roar of many waters and like loud crashes of thunder. They were shouting:“Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the All-Powerful, reigns!
• Isa 57:15 : 15 For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy:“I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.
• Isa 64:2-3 : 2 (64:1) As when fire ignites dry wood, or fire makes water boil, let your adversaries know who you are, and may the nations shake at your presence! 3 When you performed awesome deeds that took us by surprise, you came down, and the mountains trembled before you.
• Jer 10:16 : 16 The LORD, who is the inheritance of Jacob’s descendants, is not like them. He is the one who created everything. And the people of Israel are those he claims as his own. His name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.”
• Jer 49:19 : 19 “A lion coming up from the thick undergrowth along the Jordan scatters the sheep in the pastureland around it. So too I will chase the Edomites off their land. Then I will appoint over it whomever I choose. For there is no one like me, and there is no one who can call me to account. There is no ruler who can stand up against me.
• Luke 12:5 : 5 But I will warn you whom you should fear: Fear the one who, after the killing, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!
• Heb 12:28-29 : 28 So since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us give thanks, and through this let us offer worship pleasing to God in devotion and awe. 29 For our God is indeed a devouring fire.
• 1 Pet 1:15-16 : 15 but, like the Holy One who called you, become holy yourselves in all of your conduct, 16 for it is written,“You shall be holy, because I am holy.”