Passage

Exodus 9.16

Book: Exodus · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"14. For I will this time send all my plagues upon thy heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth. 15. For now I had put forth my hand, and smitten thee and thy people with pestilence, and thou hadst been cut off from the earth:"

"16. 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."

"17. As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go? 18. Behold, to-morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now." (Exodus 9:14-18, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"14. For this time I will send all my plagues against your heart, against your officials, and against your people; that you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth. 15. For now I would have stretched out my hand, and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth;"

"16. 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;"

"17. as you still exalt yourself against my people, that you won’t let them go. 18. Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now." (Exodus 9:14-18, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"14. 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. 15. For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth."

"16. 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. ^{raised: Heb. made thee stand}"

"17. As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go? 18. Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now." (Exodus 9:14-18, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"14. for, at this time I am sending all My plagues unto thy heart, and on thy servants, and on thy people, so that thou knowest that there is none like Me in all the earth, 15. for now I have put forth My hand, and I smite thee, and thy people, with pestilence, and thou art hidden from the earth."

"16. '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;"

"17. still thou art exalting thyself against My people, so as not to send them away; 18. lo, I am raining about [this] time to-morrow hail very grievous, such as hath not been in Egypt, even from the day of its being founded, even until now." (Exodus 9:14-18, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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