Nehemiah 9:10
What does Nehemiah 9:10 mean?
A plain-English look at Nehemiah 9:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Nehemiah 9:10 means
God displayed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, his servants, and his land because they acted proudly against God’s people. By doing so, He “didst get thee a name” that still endures. The verse centers on divine judgment of arrogant oppression and the revelation of God’s reputation through mighty deeds. Israel’s rescue is inseparable from God’s self-disclosure as just and powerful. The plagues were not random calamities but purposeful acts vindicating His people and exposing Egypt’s pride. Remembering that God gained a name underscores that history serves His glory. For a humbled post-exilic community, this is a reminder that God’s fame advances even through conflict and opposition.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and showedst 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, and didst get thee a name, as it is this day.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and showedst 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, and didst get thee a name, as it is this day.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And you did signs and wonders on Pharaoh and all his servants and all the people of his land; for you saw how cruel they were to them. So you got yourself a name as it is today.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and dost give signs and wonders on Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land, for Thou hast known that they have acted proudly against them, and Thou makest to Thee a name as <FI>at<Fi> this day.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And thou shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharao, and upon all his servants, and upon the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them: and thou madest thyself a name, as it is at this day.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890and didst shew signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants, and upon all the people of his land; for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them, and thou didst make thee a name, as it is this day.
Context
After noting God’s awareness of their suffering, the prayer details His active intervention against Pharaoh. This sets up the climax of deliverance in verse 11: the Red Sea crossing and the destruction of pursuers. The sequence portrays salvation as both judgment on enemies and deliverance for God’s people, preparing for subsequent guidance and revelation in the wilderness.
v.9And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red Sea,
v.10This passage
v.11And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their pursuers thou didst cast into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Romans 9:17
For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, For this very purpose did I raise thee up, that I might show in thee my power, and that my name might be published abroad in all the earth.
- Daniel 5:23
but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy lords, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine from them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.
- Exodus 5:2
And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, that I should hearken unto his voice to let Israel go? I know not Jehovah, and moreover I will not let Israel go.
- Exodus 18:11
Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; yea, in the thing wherein they dealt proudly against them.
- Deuteronomy 4:34
Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Jehovah your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
- Jeremiah 32:20
who didst set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, both in Israel and among other men; and madest thee a name, as at this day;
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