17For 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.|


In Context

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.

19 You will say then to me, |Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?|

Romans 9:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:17For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:17For 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."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:17For the scripture saith to Pharao: To this purpose have I raised thee, that I may shew my power in thee, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:17For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, For this very purpose did I raise thee up, that I might show in thee my power, and that my name might be published abroad in all the earth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:17For 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:17For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, For this very purpose did I raise thee up, that I might shew in thee my power, and that my name might be published abroad in all the earth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:17For the scripture saith to Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might show my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:17for the Writing saith to Pharaoh — 'For this very thing I did raise thee up, that I might shew in thee My power, and that My name might be declared in all the land;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:17For the scripture said to Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.