Exodus 9:16

9:16 But ¹  for this purpose I have caused you to stand: ²  to show you ³  my strength, and so that my name may be declared ⁴  in all the earth.

Deuteronomy 28:10

28:10 Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you belong to the Lord, ⁵  and they will respect you.

Deuteronomy 28:1

The Covenant Blessings

28:1 “If you indeed ⁶  obey the Lord your God and are careful to observe all his commandments I am giving ⁷  you today, the Lord your God will elevate you above all the nations of the earth.

Deuteronomy 17:1

17:1 You must not sacrifice to him ⁸  a bull or sheep that has a blemish or any other defect, because that is considered offensive ⁹  to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 17:1

17:1 You must not sacrifice to him ¹⁰  a bull or sheep that has a blemish or any other defect, because that is considered offensive ¹¹  to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 8:1

The Lord’s Provision in the Desert

8:1 You must keep carefully all these commandments ¹²  I am giving ¹³  you today so that you may live, increase in number, ¹⁴  and go in and occupy the land that the Lord promised to your ancestors. ¹⁵ 

Deuteronomy 8:1-2

The Lord’s Provision in the Desert

8:1 You must keep carefully all these commandments ¹⁶  I am giving ¹⁷  you today so that you may live, increase in number, ¹⁸  and go in and occupy the land that the Lord promised to your ancestors. ¹⁹  8:2 Remember the whole way by which he ²⁰  has brought you these forty years through the desert ²¹  so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not.

Deuteronomy 5:15

5:15 Recall that you were slaves in the land of Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there by strength and power. ²²  That is why the Lord your God has commanded you to observe ²³  the Sabbath day.

Deuteronomy 19:19

19:19 you must do to him what he had intended to do to the accused. In this way you will purge ²⁴  evil from among you.

Psalms 106:8

106:8 Yet he delivered them for the sake of his reputation, ²⁵ 

that he might reveal his power.

Daniel 3:26-29

3:26 Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the furnace of blazing fire. He called out, ²⁶  “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the most high God, come out! Come here!”

Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego emerged from the fire. ²⁷  3:27 Once the satraps, prefects, governors, and ministers of the king had gathered around, they saw that those men were physically ²⁸  unharmed by the fire. ²⁹  The hair of their heads was not singed, nor were their trousers damaged. Not even the smell of fire was to be found on them!

3:28 Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed, ³⁰  “Praised be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent forth his angel ³¹  and has rescued his servants who trusted in him, ignoring ³²  the edict of the king and giving up their bodies rather than ³³  serve or pay homage to any god other than their God! 3:29 I hereby decree ³⁴  that any people, nation, or language group that blasphemes ³⁵  the god of Shadrach, Meshach, or Abednego will be dismembered and his home reduced to rubble! For there exists no other god who can deliver in this way.”

Daniel 4:34-35

4:34 But at the end of the appointed time ³⁶  I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up ³⁷  toward heaven, and my sanity returned to me.

I extolled the Most High,

and I praised and glorified the one who lives forever.

For his authority is an everlasting authority,

and his kingdom extends from one generation to the next.

4:35 All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. ³⁸ 

He does as he wishes with the army of heaven

and with those who inhabit the earth.

No one slaps ³⁹  his hand

and says to him, ‘What have you done?’

Daniel 6:26-27

6:26 I have issued an edict that throughout all the dominion of my kingdom people are to revere and fear the God of Daniel.

“For he is the living God;

he endures forever.

His kingdom will not be destroyed;

his authority is forever. ⁴⁰ 

6:27 He rescues and delivers

and performs signs and wonders

in the heavens and on the earth.

He has rescued Daniel from the power ⁴¹  of the lions!”

[9:16]  ¹ tn The first word is a very strong adversative, which, in general, can be translated “but, howbeit”; BDB 19 s.v. אוּלָם suggests for this passage “but in very deed.”

[9:16]  ² tn The form הֶעֱמַדְתִּיךָ (he’emadtikha) is the Hiphil perfect of עָמַד (’amad). It would normally mean “I caused you to stand.” But that seems to have one or two different connotations. S. R. Driver (Exodus, 73) says that it means “maintain you alive.” The causative of this verb means “continue,” according to him. The LXX has the same basic sense – “you were preserved.” But Paul bypasses the Greek and writes “he raised you up” to show God’s absolute sovereignty over Pharaoh. Both renderings show God’s sovereign control over Pharaoh.

[9:16]  ³ tn The Hiphil infinitive construct הַרְאֹתְךָ (har’otÿkha) is the purpose of God’s making Pharaoh come to power in the first place. To make Pharaoh see is to cause him to understand, to experience God’s power.

[9:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “in order to declare my name.” Since there is no expressed subject, this may be given a passive translation.

[28:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “the name of the Lord is called over you.” The Hebrew idiom indicates ownership; see 2 Sam 12:28; Isa 4:1, as well as BDB 896 s.v. קָרָא Niph. 2.d.(4).

[28:1]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “indeed.”

[28:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I enjoin on you today” (likewise in v. 15).

[17:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “to the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 16:1.

[17:1]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew word תּוֹעֵבָה (to’evah, “an abomination”; cf. NAB) describes persons, things, or practices offensive to ritual or moral order. See M. Grisanti, NIDOTTE 4:314-18; see also the note on the word “abhorrent” in Deut 7:25.

[17:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “to the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 16:1.

[17:1]  ¹¹ tn The Hebrew word תּוֹעֵבָה (to’evah, “an abomination”; cf. NAB) describes persons, things, or practices offensive to ritual or moral order. See M. Grisanti, NIDOTTE 4:314-18; see also the note on the word “abhorrent” in Deut 7:25.

[8:1]  ¹² tn The singular term (מִצְוָה, mitsvah) includes the whole corpus of covenant stipulations, certainly the book of Deuteronomy at least (cf. Deut 5:28; 6:1, 25; 7:11; 11:8, 22; 15:5; 17:20; 19:9; 27:1; 30:11; 31:5). The plural (מִצְוֹת, mitsot) refers to individual stipulations (as in vv. 2, 6).

[8:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “commanding” (so NASB). For stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy, “giving” has been used in the translation (likewise in v. 11).

[8:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “multiply” (so KJV, NASB, NLT); NIV, NRSV “increase.”

[8:1]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 16, 18).

[8:1]  ¹⁶ tn The singular term (מִצְוָה, mitsvah) includes the whole corpus of covenant stipulations, certainly the book of Deuteronomy at least (cf. Deut 5:28; 6:1, 25; 7:11; 11:8, 22; 15:5; 17:20; 19:9; 27:1; 30:11; 31:5). The plural (מִצְוֹת, mitsot) refers to individual stipulations (as in vv. 2, 6).

[8:1]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “commanding” (so NASB). For stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy, “giving” has been used in the translation (likewise in v. 11).

[8:1]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “multiply” (so KJV, NASB, NLT); NIV, NRSV “increase.”

[8:1]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 16, 18).

[8:2]  ²⁰ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[8:2]  ²¹ tn Or “wilderness” (so KJV, NRSV, NLT); likewise in v. 15.

[5:15]  ²² tn Heb “by a strong hand and an outstretched arm,” the hand and arm symbolizing divine activity and strength. Cf. NLT “with amazing power and mighty deeds.”

[5:15]  ²³ tn Or “keep” (so KJV, NRSV).

[19:19]  ²⁴ tn Heb “you will burn out” (בִּעַרְתָּ, bi’arta). Like a cancer, unavenged sin would infect the whole community. It must, therefore, be excised by the purging out of its perpetrators who, presumably, remained unrepentant (cf. Deut 13:6; 17:7, 12; 21:21; 22:21-22, 24; 24:7).

[106:8]  ²⁵ tn Heb “his name,” which here stands metonymically for God’s reputation.

[3:26]  ²⁶ tn Aram “answered and said.”

[3:26]  ²⁷ tn Aram “from the midst of the fire.” For stylistic reasons the words “the midst of” have been left untranslated.

[3:27]  ²⁸ tn Aram “in their bodies.”

[3:27]  ²⁹ tn Aram “the fire did not have power.”

[3:28]  ³⁰ tn Aram “answered and said.”

[3:28]  ³¹ sn The king identifies the “son of the gods” (v. 25) as an angel. Comparable Hebrew expressions are used elsewhere in the Hebrew Bible for the members of God’s angelic assembly (see Gen 6:2, 4; Job 1:6; 2:1; 38:7; Pss 29:1; 89:6). An angel later comes to rescue Daniel from the lions (Dan 6:22).

[3:28]  ³² tn Aram “they changed” or “violated.”

[3:28]  ³³ tn Aram “so that they might not.”

[3:29]  ³⁴ tn Aram “from me is placed an edict.”

[3:29]  ³⁵ tn Aram “speaks negligence.”

[4:34]  ³⁶ tn Aram “days.”

[4:34]  ³⁷ tn Aram “lifted up my eyes.”

[4:35]  ³⁸ tc The present translation reads כְּלָא (kÿla’), with many medieval Hebrew MSS, rather than כְּלָה (kÿlah) of BHS.

[4:35]  ³⁹ tn Aram “strikes against.”

[6:26]  ⁴⁰ tn Aram “until the end.”

[6:27]  ⁴¹ tn Aram “hand.”