Exodus 9:15

13 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, stand before Pharaoh, and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

14 Otherwise, I will send all My plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.

For by this time I could have stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with a plague to wipe you off the earth.

16 But 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.

17 Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
For by this time I could have stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with a plague to wipe you off the earth.
KJV
For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.
WEB
For now I would have stretched out my hand, and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth;
ASV
For now I had put forth my hand, and smitten thee and thy people with pestilence, and thou hadst been cut off from the earth:
DARBY
For now shall I put forth my hand, and I will smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.
BLB
For now I could have stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with the pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth.
ÅB
For nå hadde jeg allerede rakt ut min hånd og ville slått deg og ditt folk med pesten, så du var blitt utslettet av jorden;
OTB
For nå kunne jeg ha strukket ut min hånd og rammet deg og ditt folk med en plage som ville ha utslettet deg fra jorden.
B1930
For nu hadde jeg allerede rakt ut min hånd og vilde slått dig og ditt folk med pesten, så du var blitt utslettet av jorden;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 3:20

    So I will stretch out My hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders I will perform among them. And after that, he will release you.

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  • Exodus 12:29–30

    Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock.

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  • Exodus 9:3

    then the hand of the LORD will bring a severe plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.

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  • Exodus 9:6

    And the next day the LORD did just that. All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died.

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  • Exodus 11:4–6

    So Moses declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt,

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  • Exodus 9:16

    But 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.

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  • Proverbs 2:22

    but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.

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  • Exodus 14:28

    The waters flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.

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