Exodus 18:9
Good News Translation
When Jethro heard all this, he was happy

New Revised Standard Version
Jethro rejoiced for all the good that the LORD had done to Israel, in delivering them from the Egyptians.

Contemporary English Version
Jethro was so pleased to hear this good news about what the LORD had done,

New American Bible
Jethro rejoiced over all the goodness that the LORD had shown Israel in rescuing them from the power of the Egyptians.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jethro rejoiced for all the good things that the Lord had done to Israel, because he had delivered them out of the hands of the Egyptians.

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And Jethro rejoiced for all the good things that the Lord had done to Israel, because he had delivered them out of the hands of the Egyptians.

Isaiah 44:23 Give praise, O ye heavens, for the Lord hath shewn mercy: shout with joy, ye ends of the earth: ye mountains, resound with praise, thou, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and Israel shall be glorified.

Isaiah 66:10 Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all you that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all you that mourn for her.

Romans 12:10,15 Loving one another with the charity of brotherhood: with honour preventing one another. . . .

1 Corinthians 12:26 And if one member suffer any thing, all the members suffer with it: or if one member glory, all the members rejoice with it.

Context
The Visit of Jethro
8Moses told his kinsman all that the Lord had done to Pharao, and the Egyptians in favour of Israel: and all the labour which had befallen them in the journey, and that the Lord had delivered them. 9And Jethro rejoiced for all the good things that the Lord had done to Israel, because he had delivered them out of the hands of the Egyptians.10And he said: Blessed is the Lord, who hath delivered his people out of the hand of Egypt.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:6
And Saul said to the Cinite: Go, depart, and get ye down from Amalec: lest I destroy thee with him. For thou hast shewn kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. And the Cinite departed from the midst of Amalec.

Isaiah 63:7
I will remember the tender mercies of the Lord, the praise of the Lord for all the things that the Lord hath bestowed upon us, and for the multitude of his good things to the house of Israel, which he hath given them according to his kindness, and according to the multitude of his mercies.

Exodus 18:8
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