Exodus 9:16 — Compare Translations

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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.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

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.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

However, I have let you live for this purpose: to show you my power and to make my name known on the whole earth.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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.

English EASY 2024

But I have let you live, to show you my power. Then people all over the world will know how great I am.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

But I have put you here for a reason. I have put you here so that I could show you my power. Then people all over the world will learn about me!

But for this purpose I have raised you up, to show you my power, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

But to show you my power I have let you live so that my fame might spread over the whole world.

English God's Word - GW 1995

But I have spared you for this reason. I want to show you my power and make my name famous throughout the earth.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

However, I have let you live for this purpose: to show you My power and to make My name known in all the earth.

English KJV 1611

And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to show in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

English LSB

But, indeed, for this reason I have caused you to stand, in order to show you My power and in order to recount My name through all the earth.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

But, indeed, for this cause I have raised you up, in order to show in you My power, so that My name may be declared throughout all the earth.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"But, indeed, for this reason I have allowed you to remain, in order to show you My power and in order to proclaim My name through all the earth.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

But this is why I have spared you: to show you my power and to make my name resound throughout the earth!

English NET Bible - 2005 (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.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

But I had a special reason for making you king. I decided to show you my power. I wanted my name to become known everywhere on earth.

English NIV

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

English NKJ 1982

But indeed for this purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth.

English NLT

But I have let you live for this reason--that you might see my power and that my fame might spread throughout the earth.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

But this is why I have let you live: to show you my power, and to make my name resound through all the earth.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

but for this purpose have I let you live, to show you my power, so that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

but I didn't, for I wanted to demonstrate my power to you and to all the earth.

English Tyndale 1537

Yet in very deed for this cause have I stirred thee up, for to shew my power in thee, and to declare my name thorowout all the world.