Romans 9:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Λέγει γὰρ ἡ γραφὴ τῷ Φαραὼ, Ὅτι Εἰς αὐτὸ τοῦτο ἐξήγειρά σε, ὅπως ἐνδείξωμαι ἐν σοὶ τὴν δύναμίν μου, καὶ ὅπως διαγγελῇ τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ.

Transliteration

For legei the graphē to Pharaō, That For auto touto exēgeira you, hopōs endeixōmai in you the dynamin of me, and hopōs diangelē the onoma of me in pasē the gē.

Grammar Details

• *legei*: present, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - says
• *graphē*: nominative, feminine, singular - scripture
• *Pharaō*: dative, masculine, singular - to Pharaoh
• *auto touto*: accusative, neuter, singular - this very thing/for this very purpose
• *exēgeira*: aorist, indicative, active, 1st person singular - I raised up
• *hopōs*: conjunction - so that/in order that
• *endeixōmai*: aorist, subjunctive, middle, 1st person singular - I might display
• *dynamin*: accusative, feminine, singular - power
• *diangelē*: aorist, subjunctive, passive, 3rd person singular - might be proclaimed
• *onoma*: nominative, neuter, singular - name
• *pasē*: adjective, dative, feminine, singular - all
• *gē*: dative, feminine, singular - earth/land

Word Meanings

• *graphē*: scripture/writing
• *exēgeira*: I raised up/I brought you to this position
• *endeixōmai*: I might display/show/demonstrate
• *dynamin*: power/might/strength
• *diangelē*: might be proclaimed/announced/declared
• *onoma*: name/reputation/character
• *pasē*: all/whole/entire
• *gē*: earth/land/world

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: 'I raised you up for this very purpose, so that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared thughout all the earth.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, For this very purpose did I raise thee up, that I might show in thee my power, and that my name might be published abroad in all the earth.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For the scripture sayth vnto Pharao: Even for this same purpose have I stered ye vp to shewe my power on ye and that my name myght be declared thorow out all the worlde.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For the scripture sayeth vnto Pharao: For this cause haue I stered the vp, euen to shewe my power on the, that my name mighte be declared in all lodes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For the Scripture saith vnto Pharao, For this same purpose haue I stirred thee vp, that I might shewe my power in thee, and that my Name might be declared throughout al the earth.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For the scripture sayth vnto Pharao: Euen for this same purpose haue I stirred thee vp, to shewe my power in thee, & that my name myght be declared throughout all the worlde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "For this very purpose I caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be published abroad in all the earth."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for the Writing saith to Pharaoh -- `For this very thing I did raise thee up, that I might shew in thee My power, and that My name might be declared in all the land;'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, For this very purpose did I raise thee up, that I might show in thee my power, and that my name might be published abroad in all the earth.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, For this very purpose did I raise thee up, that I might show in thee my power, and that my name might be published abroad in all the earth.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For the holy Writings say to Pharaoh, For this same purpose did I put you on high, so that I might make my power seen in you, and that there might be knowledge of my name through all the earth.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "For this very purpose I caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For the scripture says to Pharaoh:“For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may demonstrate my power in you, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.”

Referenced Verses

• Exod 9:16 : 16 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.
• Prov 16:4 : 4 The LORD has made all things for Himself: yes, even the wicked for the day of disaster.
• John 17:26 : 26 And I have declared to them your name, and will declare it: that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.
• Rom 11:4 : 4 But what is God's answer to him? I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
• Gal 3:8 : 8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the gentiles through faith, preached beforehand the gospel unto Abraham, saying, 'In you shall all nations be blessed.'
• Gal 3:22 : 22 But the Scripture has concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
• Gal 4:30 : 30 Nevertheless what does the Scripture say? 'Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.'
• Isa 10:5-6 : 5 O Assyrian, the rod of my anger, and the staff in their hand is my indignation. 6 I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
• Isa 37:20 : 20 Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are the LORD, You alone.
• Isa 45:1-3 : 1 Thus says the LORD to His anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the double doors; and the gates shall not be shut. 2 I will go before you, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of bronze, and cut through the bars of iron. 3 And I will give you the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that I, the LORD, who calls you by your name, am the God of Israel.
• Jer 27:6-7 : 6 And now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field I have given him also to serve him. 7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his grandson, until the very time of his land comes: and then many nations and great kings shall enslave him.
• Dan 4:22 : 22 it is you, O king, who have grown and become strong, for your greatness has grown and reaches unto heaven, and your dominion to the end of the earth.
• Dan 5:18-21 : 18 O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father a kingdom, majesty, glory, and honor. 19 And because of the majesty that he gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him; whomever he wished, he executed; whomever he wished, he kept alive; whomever he wished, he set up; and whomever he wished, he put down. 20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him. 21 Then he was driven from the sons of men; his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. They fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and that He appoints over it whomever He chooses.
• Exod 10:1-2 : 1 And the LORD said to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh; for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, so that I may show these my signs before him: 2 And that you may tell in the ears of your son, and of your son's son, what things I have done in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that you may know that I am the LORD.
• Exod 14:17-18 : 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. 18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gained honor over Pharaoh, over his chariots, and over his horsemen.
• Exod 15:14-15 : 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.
• Exod 18:10-11 : 10 And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. 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 2:9-9 : 9 And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD has given you the land, and that your terror has fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. 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.
• Josh 9:9 : 9 And they said to him, From a very far country your servants have come because of the name of the LORD your God: for we have heard of His fame, and all that He did in Egypt,
• 1 Sam 2:7-8 : 7 The LORD makes poor and makes rich: he brings low and lifts up. 8 He raises up the poor from the dust, and lifts up the needy from the ashes, to set them among princes and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he has set the world upon them.
• 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.
• Esth 4:14 : 14 For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?"
• 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.