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


In Context

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.

19 One of you will say to me: "Then why does God still blame us? For who resists his will?"

20 But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? "Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, 'Why did you make me like this?' "

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:18So then, to whom he will he shews mercy, and whom he will he hardens.

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.