Exodus 9:16 Parallel Translations

But I have spared you for this reason. I want to show you my power and make my name famous throughout the earth.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to show in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

ASV:

but in very deed for this cause have I made thee to stand, to show thee my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

BBE:

But, for this very reason, I have kept you from destruction, to make clear to you my power, and so that my name may be honoured through all the earth.

DBY:

And for this very cause have I raised thee up, to shew thee my power; and that my name may be declared in all the earth.

ERV:

but in very deed for this cause have I made thee to stand, for to shew thee my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

JPS:

But in very deed for this cause have I made thee to stand, to show thee My power, and that My name may be declared throughout all the earth.

WBS:

And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, to show in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

WEB:

but indeed for this cause I have made you stand: to show you my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth;

YLT:

'And yet for this I have caused thee to stand, so as to show thee My power, and for the sake of declaring My Name in all the earth;

Exodus 9:16 Cross References

XREF:

Proverbs 16:4 The LORD has made everything for its own purpose, Even the wicked for the day of evil.

Romans 9:17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "FOR THIS VERY PURPOSE I RAISED YOU UP, TO DEMONSTRATE MY POWER IN YOU, AND THAT MY NAME MIGHT BE PROCLAIMED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE EARTH." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

9:16 And in very deed for this [cause] have I raised thee up, for to shew [in] thee my power; and that my {d} name may be declared throughout all the earth.
(d) That is, that all the world may magnify my power in overcoming you.

WES:

9:16 For this cause have I raised thee up - A most dreadful message Moses is here ordered to deliver to him, whether he will hear, or whether he will forbear. He must tell him, that he is marked for ruin: that he now stands as the butt at which God would shoot all the arrows of his wrath. For this cause have I raised thee up to the throne at this time, and made thee to stand the shock of the plagues hitherto, to shew in thee my power - Providence so ordered it, that Moses should have a man of such a fierce and stubborn spirit to deal with, to make it a most signal and memorable instance of the power God has to bring down the proudest of his enemies; that my name, irresistable power, and my inflexible justice, might be declared throughout all the earth - Not only to all places, but through all ages while the earth remains. This will be the event. But it by no means follows, that this was the design of God. We have numberless instances in scripture of this manner of speaking, to denote not the design, but only the event.

MHC:

9:13-21 Moses is here ordered to deliver a dreadful message to Pharaoh. Providence ordered it, that Moses should have a man of such a fierce and stubborn spirit as this Pharaoh to deal with; and every thing made it a most signal instance of the power of God has to humble and bring down the proudest of his enemies. When God's justice threatens ruin, his mercy at the same time shows a way of escape from it. God not only distinguished between Egyptians and Israelites, but between some Egyptians and others. If Pharaoh will not yield, and so prevent the judgment itself, yet those that will take warning, may take shelter. Some believed the things which were spoken, and they feared, and housed their servants and cattle, and it was their wisdom. Even among the servants of Pharaoh, some trembled at God's word; and shall not the sons of Israel dread it? But others believed not, and left their cattle in the field. Obstinate unbelief is deaf to the fairest warnings, and the wisest counsels, which leaves the blood of those that perish upon their own heads.

CONC:

Allowed Cause Caused Clear Declared Declaring Deed Destruction Honoured Indeed Kept Order Power Proclaim Proclaimed Purpose Raised Reason Sake Shew Stand Throughout Yet

Allowed Cause Clear Declared Declaring Deed Destruction Earth Honoured Indeed Kept Live Order Power Proclaim Proclaimed Purpose Raised Reason Sake Shew Show Stand Throughout

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