so that all may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this and the Holy One of Israel has created it.”
Parallel translations
- WEB that they may see, know, consider, and understand together, that Yahweh’s hand has done this, and the Holy One of Israel has created it.
- KJV That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
- NKJV That they may see and know, And consider and understand together, That the hand of the Lord has done this, And the Holy One of Israel has created it.
- NASB So that they may see and recognize, And consider and gain insight as well, That the hand of the Lord has done this, And the Holy One of Israel has created it.
- NLT I am doing this so all who see this miracle will understand what it means— that it is the Lord who has done this, the Holy One of Israel who created it.
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Quick answer
The purpose of this transformation is that all may see and know the Lord's hand has done it.
Overview
God's miraculous provision is meant to lead observers to recognize, consider, and understand that He alone is its source. His works in history aim at the knowledge and glory of His name. Salvation is designed to display the power of the Holy One of Israel.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Job 12:9Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?
- Isa 43:21The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.
- Ps 109:27Let them know that this is Your hand, that You, O LORD, have done it.
- Isa 44:23Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel.
- Exod 9:16But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
- Isa 45:6–8so that all may know, from where the sun rises to where it sets, that there is none but Me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.
- Isa 43:7–13everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”
- 2 Th 1:10on the day He comes to be glorified in His saints and regarded with wonder by all who have believed, including you who have believed our testimony.
- Eph 2:6–10And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,
- Isa 66:18“And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.
- Num 23:23For there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What great things God has done!’
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