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


In Context

13 Even as it is written, |Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.|

14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!

15 For he said to Moses, |I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.|

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

17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, |For this very purpose I caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.|

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

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:16It does not, therefore, depend on man's desire or effort, but on God's 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 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.