1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Exodus 18:11 Now I know, that the Lord is great above all gods; *because they dealt proudly against them.

Exodus 1:14.; Exodus 5:7.; Exodus 10:10.; Exodus 14:8.
I know. I am now more convinced of this truth. Jethro instructed his family in these principles. The Rechabites were his descendants. (1 Paralipomenon 2:55; Jeremias xxxv.) (Menochius) --- Proudly. Hebrew, "because in the thing in which they did proudly, he was against, or above them." Something must be supplied. God turned the wisdom and arms of the Egyptians to their own confusion. (Calmet)