Exodus 9:14

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.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God speaks through Moses to Pharaoh, warning that the next plague will demonstrate His unmatched authority.

The words — שֹׁלֵ֜חַ (sho.Le.ach) means "[am] about to send," and מַגֵּפֹתַי (ma.ge.fo.Ta/i) translates to "my plagues."

The thread — The declaration that there is no one like God appears in Exodus 8:10, while Leviticus 26:18 and Leviticus 26:21 describe escalating punishment for disobedience.

Why it lands — The text states that God withholds immediate destruction to force Pharaoh to recognize His unique power, leaving the reader with a clear warning against resisting divine authority.

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The Hebrew words

כִּ֣י׀kifor בַּפַּ֣עַםba./Pa.'amat the/ time הַזֹּ֗אתha./Zot<the>/ this אֲנִ֨י'a.NiI שֹׁלֵ֜חַsho.Le.ach[am] about to send אֶת־'et-<obj.>כָּל־kol-all מַגֵּפֹתַי֙ma.ge.fo.Ta/iplagues/ my אֶֽל־'el-to לִבְּךָ֔li.be./Khaheart/ your וּבַעֲבָדֶ֖יךָu./va./'a.va.Dei./khaand/ on/ servants/ your וּבְעַמֶּ֑ךָu./ve./'a.Me./khaand/ on/ people/ your בַּעֲב֣וּרba./'a.Vurin/order that תֵּדַ֔עte.Da'you may know כִּ֛יkithat אֵ֥ין'einthere not כָּמֹ֖נִיka.Mo./ni[is] like/ me בְּכָל־be./kholin/ all הָאָֽרֶץ׃ha./'A.retzthe/ earth

King James Version

For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.

Cross-references

Exodus 8:10 “Tomorrow,” Pharaoh answered. “May it be as you say,” Moses replied, “so that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God.
Leviticus 26:18 And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.
Leviticus 26:21 If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.
Leviticus 26:28 then I will walk in fury against you, and I, even I, will punish you sevenfold for your sins.
Deuteronomy 28:15 If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
Deuteronomy 28:59 He will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary disasters, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and chronic sicknesses.
Deuteronomy 29:20 The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven
Deuteronomy 32:39 See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.
1 Samuel 4:8 Woe 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.
2 Samuel 7:22 How great You are, O Lord GOD! For there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.