Exodus 9:16

But indeed for this cause I have raised thee up, to display in thee my power, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

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

17As yet thou exalt thyself against my people, that thou will not let them go?

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Cross References

Exodus 14:17And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall go in after them, and I will get for me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his army, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.

Exodus 18:11Now I know that LORD is greater than all gods, yea, in the thing wherein they dealt proudly against them.

Joshua 2:10For we have heard how LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when ye came out of Egypt, and what ye did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and to Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.

1 Samuel 4:8Woe to us! Who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods that smote the Egyptians with all manner of plagues in the wilderness.

2 Kings 19:35And it came to pass that night, that the agent of LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred eighty-five thousand. And when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

Psalms 64:9And all men shall fear. And they shall declare the work of God, and shall wisely consider of his doing.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 9:14-22

13 And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 14 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth. 15 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. 16 And in very deed… Read the whole commentary →

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