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.


In Context

13 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Get up early in the morning, confront Pharaoh and say to him, 'This is what the Lord , the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me,

14 or this time I will send the full force of my plagues against you and against your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth.

15 For by now I could have stretched out my hand and struck you and your people with a plague that would have wiped you off the earth.

16 But 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.

17 You still set yourself against my people and will not let them go.

18 Therefore, at this time tomorrow I will send the worst hailstorm that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded till now.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:16And therefore have I raised thee, that I may shew my power in thee, and my name may be spoken of throughout all the earth.

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.