Romans 9:18

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

Romans 9:18

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.

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KJV

King James Version

Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will [have mercy], and whom he will he hardeneth.

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will he hardeneth.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

So then, He has mercy on whom He wants, and He hardens whom He wants.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Romans 9

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?”

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