Exodus 9:16

And yet for this I have caused you to stand, so as to show you My power, and for the sake of declaring My Name in all the earth;

Literal Standard 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 I strike you, and your people, with pestilence, and you are hidden from the earth.

17still you are exalting yourself against My people—so as not to send them away;

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Cross References

Exodus 14:17And I—behold, I am strengthening the heart of the Egyptians, and they go in after them, and I am honored by Pharaoh, and by all his force, by his chariots, and by his horsemen;

Exodus 18:11now I have known that YHWH [is] greater than all the gods, for in the thing they have acted proudly—[He is] above them!”

Joshua 2:10For we have heard how YHWH dried up the waters of the Red Sea at your presence, in your going out of Egypt, and that which you have done to the two kings of the Amorite who [are] beyond the Jordan; to Sihon and to Og whom you devoted.

1 Samuel 4:8Woe to us, who delivers us out of the hand of these majestic gods? These [are] the gods who are striking the Egyptians with every plague in the wilderness.

2 Kings 19:35And it comes to pass, in that night, that a messenger of YHWH goes out, and strikes one hundred eighty-five thousand in the camp of Asshur, and they rise early in the morning, and behold, all of them [are] dead corpses.

Psalms 64:9And all men fear, and declare the work of God, || And they have wisely considered His deed.

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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