Bible Strands
Exodus 9:16
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses Pharaoh during the seventh plague, immediately after noting He could have already wiped out Egypt but chose restraint.
The words — The phrase הֶעֱמַדְתִּ֔י/ךָ (he.'e.mad.Ti./kha) means "I have caused to stand you," paired with בַּ/עֲב֥וּר (ba./'a.Vur) meaning "for/sake of," to express deliberate preservation for a specific aim.
The thread — The same declaration is quoted in Romans 9:17, while Proverbs 16:4 expands the principle that the Lord shapes even the wicked for His purposes, and Psalms 83:17 echoes the intended outcome of shame and terror.
Why it lands — It demands recognition that human defiance is permitted only to serve divine revelation, requiring the reader to submit to God's authority rather than resist His declared purposes.
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The Hebrew words
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.
Cross-references
- Romans 9:17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
- Proverbs 16:4 The LORD has made everything for His purpose—even the wicked for the day of disaster.
- Psalms 83:17 May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.
- 1 Chronicles 16:24 Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples.
- Psalms 64:9 Then all mankind will fear and proclaim the work of God; so they will ponder what He has done.
- Exodus 14:4 And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart so that he will pursue them. But I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” So this is what the Israelites did.
- Exodus 14:17 And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. Then I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army and chariots and horsemen.
- Exodus 18:11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”
- Malachi 1:11 For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Romans 9:22 What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?