Exodus 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;

Young's Literal Translation

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 smite thee, and thy people, with pestilence, and thou art hidden from the earth.

17still thou art exalting thyself against My people — so as not to send them away;

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Cross References

Exodus 14:17'And I — lo, I am strengthening the heart of the Egyptians, and they go in after them, and I am honoured on Pharaoh, and on all his force, on his chariots, and on his horsemen;

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

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

1 Samuel 4:8Woe to us, who doth deliver us out of the hand of these honourable gods? these [are] the gods who are smiting the Egyptians with every plague in the wilderness.

2 Kings 19:35And it cometh to pass, in that night, that a messenger of Jehovah goeth out, and smiteth in the camp of Asshur a hundred eighty and five thousand, and they rise early in the morning, and lo, all of them [are] dead corpses.

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

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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