Exodus 9:16

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 9:13-21

Here is, I. A general declaration of the wrath of God against Pharaoh for his obstinacy. Though God has hardened his heart (Exod. 9:12), yet Moses must repeat his applications to him; God suspends his grace and yet demands obedience, to punish him for requiring bricks of the children of Israel when he denied them straw. God would likewise show forth a pattern of long-suffering, and how he waits to be gracious to a rebellious and gainsaying people Six times the demand had been made in vain, yet... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 9:16

And in very deed, for this cause have I raised thee up ,.... Or but truly or verily F3 ואולם "veruntamen", Junius & Tremellius, Psicator, Drusius, Fagius; so Ainsworth. ; instead of smiting thee with the pestilence, and cutting thee off out of the land of the living, "I have raised thee up"; made thee to stand F4 העמדתיך "stare fecite", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus. , to continue in being; I have preserved thine from perishing by the former plagues, and have reserved thee... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 9:16

But truly, on this very account, have I caused thee to subsist - ( העמדחיך heemadticha ), that I might cause thee to see my power, ( כחי את הראתך harotheca eth cochi ), and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth, (or, הארץ בכל becol haarets , in all this land). See Ainsworth and Houbigant. Thus God gave this impious king to know that it was in consequence of his especial providence that both he and his people had not been already destroyed by means of the past... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 9:16

Verse 16 16.And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up. The word, העמדתי, hagnemadthi, is variously explained; it properly signifies “to appoint;” some, therefore, refer it to his eminent position, as if God had placed Pharaoh on the throne, for the purpose of better manifesting His glory. (109) The Greek interpreter extends the meaning, translating it ἐξήγειρά σε, “I have stirred thee up, as much as to say, that Pharaoh had been chosen by the secret counsel and providence of God... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 9:13-16

The earth is the Lord's and the fulness of it. In this comprehensive message from Jehovah, standing as it does about midway in the course of his judgments upon Pharaoh, we have a peculiar and impressive application of the foregoing word of the Psalmist ( Psalms 24:1 ). The word "earth," it will be noticed, stands in a very prominent position in each of the Exodus 9:14 , Exodus 9:15 , Exodus 9:16 . Evidently, then, we should give the word an equally prominent position in our... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 9:13-19

The method of the Divine Rule over bad men illustrated by God's message to Pharaoh. The message illustrates, 1. THE LONG - SUFFERING OF GOD TOWARDS SINNERS . "For now might I have stretched out my hand and smitten thee and thy people with pestilence"( Exodus 9:15 ). Pharaoh had opposed himself to God so long, had shown himself in various ways so wicked, that he well deserved to have been stricken with plague and made to perish miserably. He had been insolent and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 9:13-21

Mercy in Judgment. I. GOD 'S PURPOSE IN DEALING WITH THE WICKED BY CHASTISEMENT AND NOT BY JUDGMENT (13-16). God might have desolated the land, and let Israel pass unquestioned through the midst of it. But in Pharaoh and his people the Lord would, by foretold, continued, deepening chastisements, reveal the terror and resistlessness of his power. He would make the heart of the oppressor quail in every age and nation, and stir up the oppressed to hope and prayer.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 9:13-26

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 9:13-35

The plague of hail. This plague was introduced with ampler remonstrance. Moses was commanded to proceed to Pharaoh, and to warn him in stronger and more decisive language than he had yet employed of the folly of this insane resistance. Exodus 9:15 should probably be translated, "For now indeed had I stretched forth my hand, and smitten thee and thy people with the pestilence, thou hadst then been out off from the earth;" and then Exodus 9:16 will give the reason why God had not cut... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 9:16

And in very deed , etc. Rather, "But truly for this cause have I caused thee to stand," i.e; "kept thee alive and sustained thee in the position thou occupiest" for to shew to thee my power — i.e; to impress thee, if it is possible that thou canst be impressed, with the greatness of my power, and the foolishness of any attempt to resist it, and also that my name may be declared throughout all the earth —i.e; that attention may be called widely among the neighbouring nations to... read more

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