Romans 9:16
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
In context
14 What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not!
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 So then, it does not 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.
Romans 9:16 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
- KJV King James Version
- So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
- WEB World English Bible
- So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.
- ASV American Standard Version
- So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- so, then — not of him who is willing, nor of him who is running, but of God who is doing kindness:
- DBY Darby Translation
- So then [it is] not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shews mercy.
- WBS Webster Bible
- So then, it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy.