Romans 9:18
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.
In context
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.
19 One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?”
20 But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”
Romans 9:18 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.
- KJV King James Version
- Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
- WEB World English Bible
- So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.
- ASV American Standard Version
- So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will he hardeneth.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- so, then, to whom He willeth, He doth kindness, and to whom He willeth, He doth harden.
- DBY Darby Translation
- So then, to whom he will he shews mercy, and whom he will he hardens.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Therefore he hath mercy on whom he will have mercy , and whom he will he hardeneth.