Exodus 9:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

And indeed, for this purpose, I have raised you up, to show in you my power; that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאוּלָ֗ם בַּעֲב֥וּר זֹאת֙ הֶעֱמַדְתִּ֔יךָ בַּעֲב֖וּר הַרְאֹתְךָ֣ אֶת־כֹּחִ֑י וּלְמַ֛עַן סַפֵּ֥ר שְׁמִ֖י בְּכָל־הָאָֽרֶץ

Transliteration

But wəʾûlām for purpose of baʿăbûr this heʿĕmadtîkā for purpose of baʿăbûr harʾōtəkā ʾet-my kōḥî and so that ûləmaʿan sappēr my šəmî in all-the hāʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

• *wəʾûlām*: conjunction + adverb - but/however
• *baʿăbûr*: preposition - for the sake of/because of
• *heʿĕmadtîkā*: perfect, 1st person singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix, Hiphil form - I have caused you to stand
• *harʾōtəkā*: infinitive construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix, Hiphil form - to show you
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *kōḥî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my power
• *ûləmaʿan*: conjunction + preposition - and so that/in order that
• *sappēr*: infinitive construct, Piel form - to declare/tell
• *šəmî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my name
• *hāʾāreṣ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the earth/land

Word Meanings

• *wəʾûlām*: but/however/nevertheless
• *heʿĕmadtîkā*: I have caused you to stand/raised you up/maintained you
• *harʾōtəkā*: to show you/to cause you to see
• *kōḥî*: power/strength/might
• *sappēr*: declare/recount/proclaim

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But I have raised you up for this purpose: that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  but in very{H199} deed{H5668} for this cause have I made thee to stand,{H5975} to show{H7200} thee my power,{H3581} and that my name{H8034} may be declared{H5608} throughout all the earth.{H776}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And in very{H199} deed{H5668} for this cause have I raised thee up{H5975}{(H8689)}, for to shew{H7200}{(H8687)} in thee my power{H3581}; and that my name{H8034} may be declared{H5608}{(H8763)} throughout all the earth{H776}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Yet in very dede for this cause haue I sterred the vpp, for to shewe my power in the, and to declare my name thorow out all the worlde.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yet haue I stered ye vp for this cause, euen to shew my power vpon ye, and that my name might be declared in all londes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And in deede, for this cause haue I appointed thee, to shewe my power in thee, and to declare my Name throughout all the world.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And in very deede for this cause haue I kept thee, for to shewe thee my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the worlde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  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;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `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;

• 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.

• 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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But, for this very reason, I have kept you from destruction, to make clear to you my power, and so that my name may be honoured through all the earth.

• World English Bible (2000)

  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;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But for this purpose I have caused you to stand: to show you my strength, and so that my name may be declared in all the earth.

Referenced Verses

• Rom 9:17 : 17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show My power in you, and that My name might be declared throughout all the earth.
• Prov 16:4 : 4 The LORD has made all things for Himself: yes, even the wicked for the day of disaster.
• Ps 83:17-18 : 17 Let them be confounded and troubled forever; yes, let them be put to shame and perish: 18 That men may know that you, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, are the most high over all the earth.
• 1 Pet 2:8 : 8 And a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.
• Exod 14:17 : 17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will gain honor over Pharaoh, and over all his host, over his chariots, and over his horsemen.
• Exod 15:11-16 : 11 Who is like you, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? 12 You stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed them. 13 In your mercy you have led forth the people whom you have redeemed: you have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation. 14 The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Philistia. 15 Then the chiefs of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away. 16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of your arm they shall be as still as a stone; till your people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over whom you have purchased.
• Exod 18:11 : 11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods, for in the very thing in which they behaved proudly, He was above them.
• Josh 2:10-11 : 10 For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt; and what you did unto the two kings of the Amorites, who were on the other side of the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed. 11 And as soon as we heard these things, our hearts melted, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.
• 1 Sam 4:8 : 8 Woe to us! who shall deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods that struck the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.
• 1 Chr 16:24 : 24 Declare his glory among the nations; his marvelous works among all peoples.
• Ps 64:9 : 9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider His doing.
• Isa 63:12-14 : 12 Who led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name? 13 Who led them through the deep, like a horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble? 14 As a beast goes down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so you led your people, to make yourself a glorious name.
• Mal 1:11 : 11 For from the rising of the sun even to its going down my name shall be great among the nations; and in every place incense shall be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, says the LORD of hosts.
• Mal 1:14 : 14 But cursed be the deceiver, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, says the LORD of hosts, and my name is feared among the heathen.
• 1 Pet 2:19 : 19 For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully.
• Jude 1:4 : 4 For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lewdness and denying the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Exod 14:4 : 4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall pursue them; and I will be honored upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so.
• Ps 136:10-15 : 10 To him who struck Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endures forever: 11 And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endures forever: 12 With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm: for his mercy endures forever. 13 To him who divided the Red Sea into parts: for his mercy endures forever: 14 And made Israel pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endures forever: 15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea: for his mercy endures forever.
• Rom 9:22 : 22 What if God, willing to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction: