Exodus 9:16

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“But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”

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BSBPD

“But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“but 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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`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 · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 9:16 — 23 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 14:4And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart so that he will pursue them. But I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” So this is what the Israelites did.
  2. Exodus 14:17And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. Then I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army and chariots and horsemen.
  3. Exodus 15:11Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
  4. Exodus 18:11Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”
  5. Numbers 14:21“Yet as surely as I live and as surely as the whole earth is filled with the glory of the LORD,
  6. Joshua 2:10For we have heard how the LORD dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites across the Jordan, whom you devoted to destruction.
  7. Joshua 4:24He did this so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, and so that you may always fear the LORD your God.”
  8. 1 Samuel 4:8Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.
  9. 2 Samuel 7:23And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt.
  10. 2 Kings 19:35And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
  11. 1 Chronicles 16:24Declare His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all peoples.
  12. Psalms 64:9Then all mankind will fear and proclaim the work of God; so they will ponder what He has done.
  13. Psalms 83:17May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.
  14. Psalms 136:10He struck down the firstborn of Egypt His loving devotion endures forever.
  15. Proverbs 16:4The LORD has made everything for His purpose— even the wicked for the day of disaster.
  16. Isaiah 63:12who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown,
  17. Malachi 1:11For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.
  18. Malachi 1:14“But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among the nations.
  19. Romans 9:17For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
  20. Romans 9:22What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?
  21. 1 Peter 2:8and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.
  22. 1 Peter 2:19For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.
  23. Jude 1:4For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

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