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Nehemiah 9:10
You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — A corporate prayer leader addresses God during a post-exilic confession, recounting the Exodus deliverance immediately after noting God heard Israel’s cry at the Red Sea (Nehemiah 9:9) and before describing the sea’s division (Nehemiah 9:11).
The words — The text highlights אֹתֹת ('o.Tot, signs) and מֹֽפְתִ֜ים (mo.fe.Tim, wonders) as the specific acts directed against Pharaoh, his officials, and his people.
The thread — The motif of God performing signs and wonders against Egypt to establish His enduring name recurs in Jeremiah 32:20 and Daniel 9:15, while Exodus 5:2 records Pharaoh’s initial refusal to acknowledge that authority.
Why it lands — The passage demands recognition that God’s historical interventions against arrogant oppressors establish a permanent reputation that requires present obedience.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 32:20 You performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and You do so to this very day, both in Israel and among all mankind. And You have made a name for Yourself, as is the case to this day.
- Daniel 9:15 Now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and who made for Yourself a name renowned to this day, we have sinned; we have acted wickedly.
- Exodus 5:2 But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”
- Exodus 14:1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
- Exodus 18:11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”
- Deuteronomy 4:34 Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?
- Isaiah 63:12 who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown,
- Isaiah 63:14 Like cattle going down to the valley, the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest. You led Your people this way to make for Yourself a glorious name.
- Exodus 5:7 “You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.
- Exodus 7:1 The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.