16And therefore have I raised thee, that I may shew my power in thee, and my name may be spoken of throughout all the earth.


In Context

13 And the Lord said to Moses: Arise in the morning, and stand before Pharao, and thou shalt say to him: Thus saith the Lord the God of the Hebrews: Let my people go to sacrifice to me.

14 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thy heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people: that thou mayst know there is none like me in all the earth.

15 For now I will stretch out my hand to strike thee, and thy people with pestilence, and thou shalt perish from the earth.

16 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.

17 Dost thou yet hold back my people: and wilt thou not let them go?

18 Behold I will cause it to rain to morrow at this same hour, an exceeding great hail: such as hath not been in Egypt from the day that it was founded, until this present time.

Exodus 9:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:16And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:16But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:16but 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:16but 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16but 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;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16'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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:16And in very deed for this cause have I raised you up, for to show in you my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.