Jeremiah 32:20

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

You performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt and continue to this day, both in Israel and among all mankind. You have made a name for Yourself that remains to this day.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲשֶׁר־שַׂ֠מְתָּ אֹת֨וֹת וּמֹפְתִ֤ים בְּאֶֽרֶץ־מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ עַד־הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה וּבְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וּבָֽאָדָ֑ם וַתַּעֲשֶׂה־לְּךָ֥ שֵׁ֖ם כַּיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

Transliteration

ʾăšer-śamtā ʾōtôt û-mōpətîm in-ʾereṣ-miṣrayim until-the-yôm the-zeh û-bə-yiśrāʾēl û-bā-ʾādām wa-taʿăśeh-to-kā šēm like-the-yôm the-zeh

Grammar Details

• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who/which/that
• *śamtā*: qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you set/placed
• *ʾōtôt*: common noun masculine plural - signs
• *û-mōpətîm*: conjunction + common noun masculine plural - and wonders
• *ʾereṣ*: common noun feminine singular construct - land of
• *miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
• *yôm*: common noun masculine singular - day
• *zeh*: demonstrative adjective masculine singular - this
• *û-bə-yiśrāʾēl*: conjunction + preposition + proper noun - and in Israel
• *û-bā-ʾādām*: conjunction + preposition + common noun - and among mankind
• *wa-taʿăśeh*: conjunction + qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - and you made
• *šēm*: common noun masculine singular - name/reputation

Word Meanings

• *śamtā*: set/placed/established/appointed
• *ʾōtôt*: signs/tokens/omens
• *mōpətîm*: wonders/miracles/portents
• *ʾereṣ*: land/country/territory
• *yôm*: day/time
• *šēm*: name/reputation/renown

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day;

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Who has set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even to this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and have made for yourself a name, as at this day;

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  who didst set{H7760} signs{H226} and wonders{H4159} in the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} even unto this day,{H3117} both in Israel{H3478} and among [other] men;{H120} and madest{H6213} thee a name,{H8034} as at this day;{H3117}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Which hast set{H7760}{(H8804)} signs{H226} and wonders{H4159} in the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}, even unto this day{H3117}, and in Israel{H3478}, and among other men{H120}; and hast made{H6213}{(H8799)} thee a name{H8034}, as at this day{H3117};

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thou hast done greate tokens and wonders in the londe of Egipte (as we se this daye) vpon the people of Israel and vpon those men: to make thy name greate, as it is come to passe this daye:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Which hast set signes and wonders in the land of Egypt vnto this day, and in Israel, and among all men, and hast made thee a Name, as appeareth this day,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou hast done great tokens and wonders in the lande of Egypt, as we see this day, vpon the people of Israel, and vpon those men, to make thy name great, as it is come to passe this day.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, [even] unto this day, and in Israel, and among [other] men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  who performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even to this day, both in Israel and among [other] men; and made you a name, as in this day;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  In that thou hast done signs and wonders in the land of Egypt unto this day, and in Israel, and among men, and Thou dost make for Thee a name as `at' this day.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  You have done signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and even to this day, in Israel and among other men; and have made a name for yourself as at this day;

• World English Bible (2000)

  who performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even to this day, both in Israel and among [other] men; and made yourself a name, as in this day;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You did miracles and amazing deeds in the land of Egypt which have had lasting effect. By this means you gained both in Israel and among humankind a renown that lasts to this day.

Referenced Verses

• Neh 9:10 : 10 You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew how arrogantly they treated them. And You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.
• Exod 9:16 : 16 But I have raised you up for this purpose: that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
• 2 Sam 7:23 : 23 And who is like your people Israel, the one nation on earth whom God went to redeem as his people, to make a name for himself and to perform great and awesome deeds for your land, driving out nations and their gods before your people, whom you redeemed for yourself from Egypt?
• Ps 135:9 : 9 He sent signs and wonders into your midst, Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his officials.
• Isa 63:12 : 12 who sent his glorious arm of power to be at Moses' right hand, who divided the waters before them to gain for himself an everlasting name,
• Dan 9:15 : 15 Now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and made a name for Yourself that endures to this day, we have sinned and acted wickedly.
• Acts 7:36 : 36 This is the one who led them out, performing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
• Exod 7:3 : 3 But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and I will multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.
• 1 Chr 17:21 : 21 And who is like your people Israel, the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as his own people, to make a name for yourself through great and awesome deeds, driving out nations before your people, whom you redeemed from Egypt?
• Ps 78:43-51 : 43 when He displayed His signs in Egypt, His wonders in the fields of Zoan. 44 He turned their rivers to blood, and they could not drink from their streams. 45 He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them. 46 He gave their crops to the caterpillar and the fruit of their labor to the locust. 47 He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamore trees with frost. 48 He gave over their cattle to the hail and their livestock to lightning. 49 He unleashed His burning anger, fury, rage, and hostility—a band of destroying angels. 50 He prepared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague. 51 He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of Ham.
• Ps 105:27-36 : 27 They performed his signs among them and his wonders in the land of Ham. 28 He sent darkness and made it dark, and they did not rebel against his words. 29 He turned their waters into blood, and he killed their fish. 30 Their land teemed with frogs, even in the chambers of their kings. 31 He spoke, and there came swarms of flies and gnats throughout their territory. 32 He gave them hail for rain, and lightning that flashed through their land. 33 He struck down their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their territory. 34 He spoke, and locusts came, young locusts without number. 35 They ate up all the vegetation in their land and consumed the fruit of their ground. 36 He struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their strength.
• Exod 10:2 : 2 And so that you may tell in the hearing of your son and your grandson how I dealt harshly with the Egyptians and about the signs I performed among them, so that you will know that I am the LORD.
• Deut 4:34 : 34 Or has any god ever tried to take for himself a nation from within another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
• Deut 6:22 : 22 The LORD performed great and distressing signs and wonders before our eyes against Egypt, Pharaoh, and his whole household.
• Deut 7:19 : 19 the great trials that your eyes saw, the signs, the wonders, the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you fear.