Psalms 71:17

71:17 O God, you have taught me since I was young,

and I am still declaring ¹  your amazing deeds.

Psalms 78:4

78:4 we will not hide from their ²  descendants.

We will tell the next generation

about the Lord’s praiseworthy acts, ³ 

about his strength and the amazing things he has done.

Psalms 105:2

105:2 Sing to him!

Make music to him!

Tell about all his miraculous deeds!

Psalms 111:4

111:4 He does ⁴  amazing things that will be remembered; ⁵ 

the Lord is merciful and compassionate.

Psalms 145:5-6

145:5 I will focus on your honor and majestic splendor,

and your amazing deeds! ⁶ 

145:6 They will proclaim ⁷  the power of your awesome acts!

I will declare your great deeds!

Exodus 13:14-15

13:14 ⁸ In the future, ⁹  when your son asks you ¹⁰  ‘What is this?’ ¹¹  you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand ¹²  the Lord brought us out from Egypt, from the land of slavery. ¹³  13:15 When Pharaoh stubbornly refused ¹⁴  to release us, the Lord killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of people to the firstborn of animals. ¹⁵  That is why I am sacrificing ¹⁶  to the Lord the first male offspring of every womb, but all my firstborn sons I redeem.’

Joshua 4:6-7

4:6 The stones ¹⁷  will be a reminder to you. ¹⁸  When your children ask someday, ‘Why are these stones important to you?’ 4:7 tell them how the water of the Jordan stopped flowing ¹⁹  before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it crossed the Jordan, the water of the Jordan stopped flowing. ²⁰  These stones will be a lasting memorial for the Israelites.”

Acts 2:11

2:11 both Jews and proselytes, ²¹  Cretans and Arabs – we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great deeds God has done!” ²² 

Revelation 15:3

15:3 They ²³  sang the song of Moses the servant ²⁴  of God and the song of the Lamb: ²⁵ 

“Great and astounding are your deeds,

Lord God, the All-Powerful! ²⁶ 

Just ²⁷  and true are your ways,

King over the nations! ²⁸ 

[71:17]  ¹ tn Heb “and until now I am declaring.”

[78:4]  ² tn The pronominal suffix refers back to the “fathers” (“our ancestors,” v. 3).

[78:4]  ³ tn Heb “to a following generation telling the praises of the Lord.” “Praises” stand by metonymy for the mighty acts that prompt worship. Cf. Ps 9:14.

[111:4]  ⁴ tn Or “did,” if this refers primarily to the events of the exodus and conquest period (see vv. 6, 9).

[111:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “a memorial he had made for his amazing deeds.”

[145:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “the splendor of the glory of your majesty, and the matters of your amazing deeds I will ponder.”

[145:6]  ⁷ tn The prefixed verbal form is understood as an imperfect, indicating how the psalmist expects his audience to respond to his praise. Another option is to take the forms as a jussive, indicating the psalmist’s wish, “may they proclaim.”

[13:14]  ⁸ sn As with v. 8, the Law now requires that the children be instructed on the meaning of this observance. It is a memorial of the deliverance from bondage and the killing of the firstborn in Egypt.

[13:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “tomorrow.”

[13:14]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and it will be when your son will ask you.”

[13:14]  ¹¹ tn The question is cryptic; it simply says, “What is this?” but certainly refers to the custom just mentioned. It asks, “What does this mean?” or “Why do we do this?”

[13:14]  ¹² tn The expression is “with strength of hand,” making “hand” the genitive of specification. In translation “strength” becomes the modifier, because “hand” specifies where the strength was. But of course the whole expression is anthropomorphic for the power of God.

[13:14]  ¹³ tn Heb “house of slaves.”

[13:15]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “dealt hardly in letting us go” or “made it hard to let us go” (see S. R. Driver, Exodus, 110). The verb is the simple Hiphil perfect הִקְשָׁה (hiqshah, “he made hard”); the infinitive construct לְשַׁלְּחֵנוּ (lÿshallÿkhenu, “to release us”) could be taken epexegetically, meaning “he made releasing us hard.” But the infinitive more likely gives the purpose or the result after the verb “hardened himself.” The verb is figurative for “be stubborn” or “stubbornly refuse.”

[13:15]  ¹⁵ tn The text uses “man” and “beast.”

[13:15]  ¹⁶ tn The form is the active participle.

[4:6]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “that this may be”; the referent of “this” (the twelve stones) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:6]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “in order that this might be a sign among you.”

[4:7]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “were cut off from before.”

[4:7]  ²⁰ tn Heb “how the waters descending from above stood still.”

[2:11]  ²¹ sn Proselytes refers to Gentile (i.e., non-Jewish) converts to Judaism.

[2:11]  ²² tn Or “God’s mighty works.” Here the genitive τοῦ θεοῦ (tou qeou) has been translated as a subjective genitive.

[15:3]  ²³ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[15:3]  ²⁴ tn See the note on the word “servants” in 1:1.

[15:3]  ²⁵ tn Grk “saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[15:3]  ²⁶ tn On this word BDAG 755 s.v. παντοκράτωρ states, “the Almighty, All-Powerful, Omnipotent (One) only of God…(ὁ) κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὁ π. …Rv 1:8; 4:8; 11:17; 15:3; 16:7; 21:22.”

[15:3]  ²⁷ tn Or “righteous,” although the context favors justice as the theme.

[15:3]  ²⁸ tc Certain mss (Ì⁴⁷ א*^,2 C 1006 1611 1841 pc) read “ages” (αἰώνων, aiwnwn) instead of “nations” (ἐθνῶν, eqnwn), which itself is supported by several mss (א¹ A 051 Ï). The ms evidence seems to be fairly balanced, though αἰώνων has somewhat better support. The replacement of “ages” with “nations” is possibly a scribal attempt to harmonize this verse with the use of “nations” in the following verse. On the other hand, the idea of “nations” fits well with v. 4 and it may be that “ages” is a scribal attempt to assimilate this text to 1 Tim 1:17: “the king of the ages” (βασιλεὺς τῶν αἰώνων, basileu" twn aiwnwn). The decision is a difficult one since both scenarios deal well with the evidence, though the verbal parallel with 1 Tim 1:17 is exact while the parallel with v. 4 is not. The term “king” occurs 17 other times (most occurrences refer to earthly kings) in Revelation and it is not used with either “ages” or “nations” apart from this verse. Probably the reading “nations” should be considered original due to the influence of 1 Tim 1:17.