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


In Context

13 according as it hath been written, 'Jacob I did love, and Esau I did hate.'

14 What, then, shall we say? unrighteousness is with God? let it not be!

15 for to Moses He saith, 'I will do kindness to whom I do kindness, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion;'

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

17 for 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;'

18 so, then, to whom He willeth, He doth kindness, and to whom He willeth, He doth 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 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 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 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.