Exodus 9:16

World English Bible (WEB)

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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14 For this time I will send all my plagues against your heart, against your officials, and against your people; that you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth.

15 For now I would have stretched out my hand, and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth;

16 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,

17 because you still exalt yourself against my people, that you won’t let them go.

18 Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now.

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Exodus 9:16 in every translation

WEB 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,
KJV 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.
BSB 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.
ASV American Standard Version: 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.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: '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;
DBY Darby Translation: And for this very cause have I raised thee up, to shew thee my power; and that my name may be declared in all the earth.
WBS Webster Bible: And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, to show in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.