the great trials which your eyes saw, the signs, and those great wonders.
Parallel translations
- KJV The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:
- BSB You saw with your own eyes the great trials, and those miraculous signs and wonders.
- NKJV the great trials which your eyes have seen, the signs, and those great wonders.
- NASB the great trials which your eyes have seen, those great signs and wonders.
- NLT all the great tests of strength, the miraculous signs, and the amazing wonders.
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Quick answer
They saw firsthand God's great trials, signs, and wonders in Egypt. Eyewitness experience of God's power leaves them without excuse.
Overview
Moses recalls the dramatic plagues and miracles that demonstrated God's supremacy over Egypt. These 'signs and great wonders' were undeniable displays of divine power witnessed by the whole nation. Yet, as the next verse shows, mere sight is not the same as true understanding, a reminder that spiritual perception is itself a gift of God's grace.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Neh 9:9–11“You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the Red Sea,
- Deut 4:32–35For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and from the one end of the sky to the other, whether there has been anything as this great thing is, or has been heard like it?
- Deut 7:18–19you shall not be afraid of them. You shall remember well what Yahweh your God did to Pharaoh, and to all Egypt;
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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