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Exodus 9:16
Exodus 9:16 is verse 16 of Exodus chapter 9, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
Or have spared you
LXX in you
Cited in Romans 9:17
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.
World English Bible
but indeed for this cause I have made you stand: to show you my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth,
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Exodus 9:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible
14 Otherwise, I will send all My plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.
15 For by this time I could have stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with a plague to wipe you off the earth.
16 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.
17 Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.
18 Behold, at this time tomorrow I will rain down the worst hail that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded until now.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
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.
Psalms 83:17May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.
Psalms 83:18May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.
Proverbs 16:4The LORD has made everything for His purpose— even the wicked for the day of disaster.
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.”
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?
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.
1 Peter 2:19For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.
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.
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.
Exodus 15:11Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
Exodus 15:12You stretched out Your right hand, and the earth swallowed them up.
Exodus 15:13With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling.
Exodus 15:14The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.
Exodus 15:15Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab; those who dwell in Canaan will melt away,
Exodus 15:16and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.
Exodus 18:11Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”
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.
Joshua 2:11When we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below.
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.
Psalms 136:10He struck down the firstborn of Egypt His loving devotion endures forever.
Psalms 136:11and brought Israel out from among them His loving devotion endures forever.
Psalms 136:12with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. His loving devotion endures forever.
Psalms 136:13He divided the Red Sea in two His loving devotion endures forever.
Psalms 136:14and led Israel through the midst, His loving devotion endures forever.
Psalms 136:15but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His loving devotion endures forever.
1 Chronicles 16:24Declare His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all peoples.
Psalms 64:9Then all mankind will fear and proclaim the work of God; so they will ponder what He has done.
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,
Isaiah 63:13who led them through the depths like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not stumble?
Isaiah 63:14Like cattle going down to the valley, the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest. You led Your people this way to make for Yourself a glorious name.
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.
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.