18So then, to whom he will he shews mercy, and whom he will he hardens.


In Context

15 For he says to Moses, I will shew mercy to whom I will shew mercy, and I will feel compassion for whom I will feel compassion.

16 So then it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shews mercy.

17 For the scripture says to Pharaoh, For this very thing I have raised thee up from amongst men, that I might thus shew in thee my power, and so that my name should be declared in all the earth.

18 So then, to whom he will he shews mercy, and whom he will he hardens.

19 Thou wilt say to me then, Why does he yet find fault? for who resists his purpose?

20 Aye, but thou, O man, who art thou that answerest again to God? Shall the thing formed say to him that has formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

Romans 9:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:18Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will [have mercy,] and whom he will he hardeneth.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:18Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:18Therefore he hath mercy on whom he will; and whom he will, he hardeneth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:18So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will be hardeneth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:18So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will he hardeneth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:18Therefore he hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:18So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:18so, then, to whom He willeth, He doth kindness, and to whom He willeth, He doth harden.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:18Therefore has he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardens.