16It does not, therefore, depend on man's desire or effort, but on God's mercy.


In Context

13 Just as it is written: "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."

14 What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all!

15 For he says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."

16 It does not, therefore, depend on man's desire or effort, but on God's mercy.

17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: "I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth."

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

Romans 9:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:16So then [it is] not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:16So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:16So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16So then it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shews mercy.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:16So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16So then, it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16so, then — not of him who is willing, nor of him who is running, but of God who is doing kindness:

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:16So then it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shows mercy.