Exodus 9:16

However, I have let you live so you can see my power, and that my reputation may be spread throughout the earth.

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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

15By now I could have reached out to strike you and your people with a plague that would have completely destroyed you.

17But in your pride you are still tyrannizing my people, and refuse to let them leave.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:17I will give the Egyptians a stubborn, hard-hearted attitude so that they will chase in after them. Then I will gain respect through what happens to Pharaoh and all his army, chariots, and horsemen.

Exodus 18:11This is so convincing to me that the Lord is greater than all other gods, for he saved the people from the Egyptians when they acted so arrogantly towards the Israelites.”

Joshua 2:10We've heard how the Lord dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you left Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you completely destroyed.

1 Samuel 4:8This is disaster for us! Who will save us from the power of these mighty gods? These are the gods who attacked the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.

2 Kings 19:35That night the angel of the Lord went to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000. When the survivors woke up in the morning, they were surrounded by dead bodies.

Psalms 64:9Then everyone will be frightened. They will say that this is the work of God, and they will think about what he has done.

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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