Keluaran 15:11

15:11 Who is like you, ¹  O Lord, among the gods? ² 

Who is like you? – majestic in holiness, fearful in praises, ³  working wonders?

Ayub 9:10

9:10 he does great and unsearchable things, ⁴ 

and wonderful things without number.

Mazmur 26:7

26:7 to give you thanks, ⁵ 

and to tell about all your amazing deeds. ⁶ 

Mazmur 40:5

40:5 O Lord, my God, you have accomplished many things;

you have done amazing things and carried out your purposes for us. ⁷ 

No one can thwart you! ⁸ 

I want to declare them and talk about them,

but they are too numerous to recount! ⁹ 

Mazmur 71:17

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

and I am still declaring ¹⁰  your amazing deeds.

Mazmur 77:11

77:11 I will remember the works of the Lord.

Yes, I will remember the amazing things you did long ago! ¹¹ 

Mazmur 78:4

78:4 we will not hide from their ¹²  descendants.

We will tell the next generation

about the Lord’s praiseworthy acts, ¹³ 

about his strength and the amazing things he has done.

Mazmur 89:5

89:5 O Lord, the heavens ¹⁴  praise your amazing deeds,

as well as your faithfulness in the angelic assembly. ¹⁵ 

Mazmur 96:3

96:3 Tell the nations about his splendor!

Tell ¹⁶  all the nations about his amazing deeds!

Mazmur 107:8

107:8 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love,

and for the amazing things he has done for people! ¹⁷ 

Mazmur 107:15

107:15 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love,

and for the amazing things he has done for people! ¹⁸ 

Mazmur 107:21

107:21 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love,

and for the amazing things he has done for people! ¹⁹ 

Mazmur 111:4

111:4 He does ²⁰  amazing things that will be remembered; ²¹ 

the Lord is merciful and compassionate.

Mazmur 136:4

136:4 to the one who performs magnificent, amazing deeds all by himself,

for his loyal love endures,

Yesaya 25:1

25:1 O Lord, you are my God! ²² 

I will exalt you in praise, I will extol your fame. ²³ 

For you have done extraordinary things,

and executed plans made long ago exactly as you decreed. ²⁴ 

Yesaya 28:29

28:29 This also comes from the Lord who commands armies,

who gives supernatural guidance and imparts great wisdom. ²⁵ 

Daniel 4:2-3

4:2 I am delighted to tell you about the signs and wonders that the most high God has done for me.

4:3 “How great are his signs!

How mighty are his wonders!

His kingdom will last forever, ²⁶ 

and his authority continues from one generation to the next.”

Daniel 4:1

4:1 (3:31) ²⁷  “King Nebuchadnezzar, to all peoples, nations, and language groups that live in all the land: Peace and prosperity! ²⁸ 

Kolose 1:10

1:10 so that you may live ²⁹  worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects ³⁰  – bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,

Kolose 1:28

1:28 We proclaim him by instructing ³¹  and teaching ³²  all people ³³  with all wisdom so that we may present every person mature ³⁴  in Christ.

Ibrani 2:4

2:4 while God confirmed their witness ³⁵  with signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed ³⁶  according to his will.

[15:11]  ¹ tn The question is of course rhetorical; it is a way of affirming that no one is comparable to God. See C. J. Labuschagne, The Incomparability of Yahweh in the Old Testament, 22, 66-67, and 94-97.

[15:11]  ² sn Verses 11-17 will now focus on Yahweh as the incomparable one who was able to save Israel from their foes and afterward lead them to the promised land.

[15:11]  ³ tn S. R. Driver suggests “praiseworthy acts” as the translation (Exodus, 137).

[9:10]  ⁴ tn Only slight differences exist between this verse and 5:9 which employs the simple ו (vav) conjunction before אֵין (’eyn) in the first colon and omits the ו (vav) conjunction before נִפְלָאוֹת (nifla’ot, “wonderful things”) in the second colon.

[9:10]  sn There is probably great irony in Job’s using this same verse as in 5:9. But Job’s meaning here is different than Eliphaz.

[26:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “to cause to be heard the sound of thanksgiving.”

[26:7]  ⁶ tn The two infinitival forms (both with prefixed preposition -לְ, lamed) give the purpose for his appearance at the altar.

[40:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “many things you have done, you, O Lord my God, your amazing deeds and your thoughts toward us.” The precise meaning of the text is not clear, but the psalmist seems to be recalling the Lord’s miraculous deeds on Israel’s behalf (see Pss 9:1; 26:7), as well as his covenantal decrees and promises (see Ps 33:11).

[40:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “there is none arrayed against you.” The precise meaning of the text is unclear, but the collocation עָרַךְ אֶל (’arakh ’el, “array against”) is used elsewhere of military (Judg 20:30; 1 Chr 19:17) or verbal opposition (Job 32:14).

[40:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “I will declare and I will speak, they are too numerous to recount.” The present translation assumes that the cohortatives are used in a hypothetical manner in a formally unmarked conditional sentence, “Should I try to declare [them] and speak [of them]…” (cf. NEB, NIV, NRSV). For other examples of cohortatives in the protasis (“if” clause) of a conditional sentence, see GKC 320 §108.e. (It should be noted, however, that GKC understands this particular verse in a different manner. See GKC 320 §108.f, where it is suggested that the cohortatives are part of an apodosis with the protasis being suppressed.) Another option is to take the cohortatives as a declaration of the psalmist’s resolve to announce the truth expressed in the next line. In this case one might translate: “I will declare and speak [the truth]: They are too numerous to recount.”

[71:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and until now I am declaring.”

[77:11]  ¹¹ tn Heb “yes, I will remember from old your wonders.”

[77:11]  sn The psalmist refuses to allow skepticism to win out. God has revealed himself to his people in tangible, incontrovertible ways in the past and the psalmist vows to remember the historical record as a source of hope for the future.

[78:4]  ¹² tn The pronominal suffix refers back to the “fathers” (“our ancestors,” v. 3).

[78:4]  ¹³ 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.

[89:5]  ¹⁴ tn As the following context makes clear, the personified “heavens” here stand by metonymy for the angelic beings that surround God’s heavenly throne.

[89:5]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “in the assembly of the holy ones.” The phrase “holy ones” sometimes refers to God’s people (Ps 34:9) or to their priestly leaders (2 Chr 35:3), but here it refers to God’s heavenly assembly and the angels that surround his throne (see vv. 6-7).

[96:3]  ¹⁶ tn The verb “tell” is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).

[107:8]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and [for] his amazing deeds for the sons of man.”

[107:15]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and [for] his amazing deeds for the sons of man.” See v. 8.

[107:21]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and [for] his amazing deeds for the sons of man.” See v. 8.

[111:4]  ²⁰ tn Or “did,” if this refers primarily to the events of the exodus and conquest period (see vv. 6, 9).

[111:4]  ²¹ tn Heb “a memorial he had made for his amazing deeds.”

[25:1]  ²² sn The prophet speaks here as one who has observed the coming judgment of the proud.

[25:1]  ²³ tn Heb “name.” See the note at 24:15.

[25:1]  ²⁴ tn Heb “plans from long ago [in] faithfulness, trustworthiness.” The feminine noun אֱמוּנָה (’emunah, “faithfulness”) and masculine noun אֹמֶן (’omen, “trustworthiness”), both of which are derived from the root אָמַן (’aman), are juxtaposed to emphasize the basic idea conveyed by the synonyms. Here they describe the absolute reliability of the divine plans.

[28:29]  ²⁵ sn Verses 23-29 emphasize that God possesses great wisdom and has established a natural order. Evidence of this can be seen in the way farmers utilize divinely imparted wisdom to grow and harvest crops. God’s dealings with his people will exhibit this same kind of wisdom and order. Judgment will be accomplished according to a divinely ordered timetable and, while severe enough, will not be excessive. Judgment must come, just as planting inevitably follows plowing. God will, as it were, thresh his people, but he will not crush them to the point where they will be of no use to him.

[4:3]  ²⁶ tn Aram “his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom.”

[4:1]  ²⁷ sn Beginning with 4:1, the verse numbers through 4:37 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Aramaic text (BHS), with 4:1 ET = 3:31 AT, 4:2 ET = 3:32 AT, 4:3 ET = 3:33 AT, 4:4 ET = 4:1 AT, etc., through 4:37 ET = 4:34 AT. Thus Dan 3:31-33 of the Aramaic text appears as Dan 4:1-3 in the English Bible, and the corresponding verses of ch. 4 differ accordingly. In spite of the division of the Aramaic text, a good case can be made that 3:31-33 AT (= 4:1-3 ET) is actually the introduction to ch. 4.

[4:1]  ²⁸ tn Aram “May your peace increase!”

[1:10]  ²⁹ tn The infinitive περιπατῆσαι (peripathsai, “to walk, to live, to live one’s life”) is best taken as an infinitive of purpose related to “praying” (προσευχόμενοι, proseucomenoi) and “asking” (αἰτούμενοι, aitoumenoi) in v. 9 and is thus translated as “that you may live.”

[1:10]  ³⁰ tn BDAG 129 s.v. ἀρεσκεία states that ἀρεσκείαν (areskeian) refers to a “desire to please εἰς πᾶσαν ἀ. to please (the Lord) in all respects Col 1:10.”

[1:28]  ³¹ tn Or “admonishing,” or “warning.” BDAG 679 s.v. νουθετέω states, “to counsel about avoidance or cessation of an improper course of conduct,, admonish, warn, instruct.” After the participle νουθετοῦντες (nouqetounte", “instructing”) the words πάντα ἄνθρωπον (panta anqrwpon, “all men”) occur in the Greek text, but since the same phrase appears again after διδάσκοντες (didaskontes) it was omitted in translation to avoid redundancy in English.

[1:28]  ³² tn The two participles “instructing” (νουθετοῦντες, nouqetounte") and “teaching” (διδάσκοντες, didaskonte") are translated as participles of means (“by”) related to the finite verb “we proclaim” (καταγγέλλομεν, katangellomen).

[1:28]  ³³ tn Here ἄνθρωπον (anqrwpon) is twice translated as a generic (“people” and “person”) since both men and women are clearly intended in this context.

[1:28]  ³⁴ tn Since Paul’s focus is on the present experience of the Colossians, “mature” is a better translation of τέλειον (teleion) than “perfect,” since the latter implies a future, eschatological focus.

[2:4]  ³⁵ tn Grk “God bearing witness together” (the phrase “with them” is implied).

[2:4]  ³⁶ tn Grk “and distributions of the Holy Spirit.”