Catholic Public Domain Version
"But it was for this reason that I appointed you, so that I may reveal my strength by you, and so that my name may be described throughout all the earth. "
— Exodus 9:16, Catholic Public Domain 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.”
“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. ”
“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;”
“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.”
“And therefore have I raised thee, that I may shew my power in thee, and my name may be spoken of throughout all the earth.”
“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.”
“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.”
And the Lord said to Moses: “Rise up in the morning, and stand in the sight of Pharaoh, and you will say to him: ‘Thus says the Lord God of the Hebrews: Release my people to sacrifice to me.
For at this turn, I will send all my plagues upon your heart, and upon your servants, and upon your people. So may you know that there is no one like me in all the earth.
For now, extending my hand, I shall strike you and your people with pestilence, and you will perish from the earth.
But it was for this reason that I appointed you, so that I may reveal my strength by you, and so that my name may be described throughout all the earth.
Do you still retain my people, and are you still unwilling to release them?
So then, tomorrow, at this same hour, I will rain down exceedingly great hail, such as has not been in Egypt from the day that it was founded, even until this present time.
Therefore, send immediately and gather together your cattle, and all that you have in the field. For men and beasts, and all things that will be found outside, not gathered in from the fields, and on which the hail will fall, shall die.’ ”