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


In Context

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?|

20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask 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 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 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 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.