Exodus 9:16
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.
15 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.
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.
18 Behold, at this time tomorrow I will rain down the worst hail that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded until now.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew 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,
- 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.
- DARBY
- 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.
- BLB
- But indeed for this reason I have caused you to stand, in order to show you My power, and in order to proclaim My name in all the earth.
- ÅB
- men derfor lot jeg deg bli i live at jeg kunne vise deg min makt, og mitt navn kunne bli kunngjort over hele jorden.
- OTB
- Men jeg har latt deg bli stående for dette formålet: å vise deg min makt og få mitt navn forkynt over hele jorden.
- B1930
- men derfor lot jeg dig bli i live at jeg kunde vise dig min makt, og mitt navn kunde bli kunngjort over hele jorden.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 9:17
For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
Read in contextProverbs 16:4
The LORD has made everything for His purpose— even the wicked for the day of disaster.
Read in contextPsalms 83:17–18
May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.
Read in contextPsalms 64:9
Then all mankind will fear and proclaim the work of God; so they will ponder what He has done.
Read in context1 Chronicles 16:24
Declare His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all peoples.
Read in contextExodus 14:4
And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart so that he will pursue them. But I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” So this is what the Israelites did.
Read in contextExodus 14:17
And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. Then I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army and chariots and horsemen.
Read in contextMalachi 1:11
For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.
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