Exodus 18:10

Jethro said, “Blessed ¹  be the Lord who has delivered you from the hand of Egypt, and from the hand of Pharaoh, who has delivered the people from the Egyptians’ control! ² 

Ge 14:20; 2Sa 18:28; 1Ki 8:15; Ps 41:13; Ps 106:47,48; Lu 1:68; Eph 1:3; 1Th 3:9; 1Pe 1:3; Re 5:11-13; Re 19:1-6

¹ tn This is a common form of praise. The verb בָּרוּךְ (barukh) is the Qal passive participle of the verb. Here must be supplied a jussive, making this participle the predicate: “May Yahweh be blessed.” The verb essentially means “to enrich”; in praise it would mean that he would be enriched by the praises of the people.

² tn Heb “from under the hand of the Egyptians.”