Exodus 9:16

What does Exodus 9:16 mean?

A plain-English look at Exodus 9:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`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;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And therefore have I raised thee, that I may shew my power in thee, and my name may be spoken of throughout all the earth.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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.

Context

v.15For now I had put forth my hand, and smitten thee and thy people with pestilence, and thou hadst been cut off from the earth:

v.16This passage

v.17As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 16:4

    Jehovah hath made everything for its own end; Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

  • Romans 9:22

    What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering vessels of wrath fitted unto destruction:

  • 1 Peter 2:19

    For this is acceptable, if for conscience toward God a man endureth griefs, suffering wrongfully.

  • Psalms 64:9

    And all men shall fear; And they shall declare the work of God, And shall wisely consider of his doing.

  • Malachi 1:14

    But cursed be the deceiver, who hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great King, saith Jehovah of hosts, and my name is terrible among the Gentiles.

  • Joshua 2:10

    For we have heard how Jehovah dried up the water of the Red Sea before you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan, unto Sihon and to Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.

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