Exodus 9:16 - Revised Standard Version CI

¹⁶ but for this purpose have I let you live, to show you my power, so that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ But for this very purpose have I let you live, that I might show you My power, and that My name may be declared throughout all the earth. [Rom. 9:17-24.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ But I’ve left you standing for this reason: in order to show you my power and in order to make my name known in the whole world.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ But it was for this reason that I appointed you, so that I may reveal my strength by you, and so that my name may be described throughout all the earth.

Exodus 9:16 Cross References

2 Samuel 7:23

What other nation on earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his people, making himself a name, and doing for them great and terrible things, by driving out before his people a nation and its gods?

2 Kings 19:35

And that night the angel of the Lord went forth, and slew a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

1 Chronicles 16:24

Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!

Nehemiah 9:10

and didst perform signs and wonders against Pharaoh and all his servants and all the people of his land, for thou knewest that they acted insolently against our fathers; and thou didst get thee a name, as it is to this day.

Psalm 106:8

Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make known his mighty power.

Psalm 64:9

Then all men will fear; they will tell what God has wrought, and ponder what he has done.

Psalm 76:10

Surely the wrath of men shall praise thee; the residue of wrath thou wilt gird upon thee.

Exodus 14:17

And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they shall go in after them, and I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his host, his chariots, and his horsemen.

Exodus 14:4

And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he will pursue them and I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his host; and the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord.” And they did so.

Exodus 18:11

Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods, because he delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians, when they dealt arrogantly with them.”

Exodus 9:15

For by now I could have put forth my hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth;

Exodus 9:17

You are still exalting yourself against my people, and will not let them go.

Proverbs 16:4

The Lord has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble.

Jeremiah 32:20

who hast shown signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and to this day in Israel and among all mankind, and hast made thee a name, as at this day.

Ezekiel 39:21

“And I will set my glory among the nations; and all the nations shall see my judgment which I have executed, and my hand which I have laid on them.

Malachi 1:11

For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense is offered to my name, and a pure offering; for my name is great among the nations, says the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 1:14

Cursed be the cheat who has a male in his flock, and vows it, and yet sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished; for I am a great King, says the Lord of hosts, and my name is feared among the nations.

Numbers 14:21

but truly, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord,

Romans 9:17

For the scripture says to Pharaoh, “I have raised you up for the very purpose of showing my power in you, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.”

Romans 9:22

What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the vessels of wrath made for destruction,

Joshua 4:24

so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the Lord is mighty; that you may fear the Lord your God for ever.”

1 Peter 2:19

For one is approved if, mindful of God, he endures pain while suffering unjustly.

1 Peter 2:8

and “A stone that will make men stumble, a rock that will make them fall”; for they stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.

Jude 1:4

For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

1 Samuel 4:8

Woe to us! Who can deliver us from the power of these mighty gods? These are the gods who smote the Egyptians with every sort of plague in the wilderness.