Exodus 9:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised However, I have let you live for this purpose: to show you my power and to make my name known on the whole earth. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And therefore have I raised thee, that I may shew my power in thee: and my name may be spoken of throughout all the earth. |
And who is like your people Israel? God came to one nation on earth in order to redeem a people for himself, to make a name for himself, and to perform for them great and awesome acts, driving out nations and their gods before your people you redeemed for yourself from Egypt.
That night the angel of the Lord went out and struck down one hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning #– #there were all the dead bodies!
Declare his glory among the nations, his wondrous works among all peoples.
You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for you knew how arrogantly they treated our ancestors. You made a name for yourself that endures to this day.
As for me, I am going to harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them, and I will receive glory by means of Pharaoh, all his army, and his chariots and horsemen.
I will harden Pharaoh’s heart so that he will pursue them. Then I will receive glory by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.’ So the Israelites did this.
Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods, because he did wonders when the Egyptians acted arrogantly against Israel.’ ,
By now I could have stretched out my hand and struck you and your people with a plague, and you would have been obliterated from the earth.
You are still acting arrogantly against my people by not letting them go.
The Lord has prepared everything for his purpose – even the wicked for the day of disaster.
You performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt and still do today, both in Israel and among all mankind. You made a name for yourself, as is the case today.
‘I will display my glory among the nations, and all the nations will see the judgement I have executed and the hand I have laid on them.
‘My name will be great among the nations, from the rising of the sun to its setting. Incense and pure offerings will be presented in my name in every place because my name will be great among the nations,’ says the Lord of Armies.
‘The deceiver is cursed who has an acceptable male in his flock and makes a vow but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,’ says the Lord of Armies, ‘and my name will be feared among the nations.
Yet as I live and as the whole earth is filled with the Lord’s glory,
For the Scripture tells Pharaoh, I raised you up for this reason, so that I may display my power in you and that my name may be proclaimed in the whole earth. ,
And what if God, wanting to display his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath prepared for destruction?
This is so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord’s hand is strong, and so that you may always fear the Lord your God.’
For it brings favour if, because of a consciousness of God, someone endures grief from suffering unjustly.
and A stone to stumble over, and a rock to trip over. , They stumble because they disobey the word; they were destined for this.
For some people, who were designated for this judgement long ago, , have come in by stealth; they are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into sensuality and denying Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.
Woe to us! Who will rescue us from these magnificent gods? These are the gods that slaughtered the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.