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
Other translations

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.

World English Bible

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,

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

'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;

Bible in Basic English

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.

In context

15For by this time I could have stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with a plague to wipe you off the earth.

17Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.

Read Exodus 9