Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
So then, He shows mercy to those He wants to, and He hardens those He wants to harden.
New American Standard Bible
So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He
King James Version
Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
International Standard Version
Therefore, God has mercy on whomever he chooses, and he hardens the heart of whomever he chooses.
A Conservative Version
So then he is merciful to whom he will, and whom he will he hardens.
American Standard Version
So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will be hardeneth.
Amplified
So then, He has mercy on whom He wills (chooses), and He hardens [the heart of] whom He wills.
An Understandable Version
So then, God has pity on whomever He wants to, and He makes stubborn whomever He wants.
Anderson New Testament
Therefore, he has mercy on whom he wills to have mercy: and whom he wills to harden, he hardens.
Bible in Basic English
So then, at his pleasure he has mercy on a man, and at his pleasure he makes the heart hard.
Common New Testament
Therefore he has mercy on whom he wills, and he hardens the heart of whom he wills.
Daniel Mace New Testament
thus some he pursues with his favours, and abandons others to their obduracy, according as he thinks fit.
Darby Translation
So then, to whom he will he shews mercy, and whom he will he hardens.
Godbey New Testament
Then therefore he has mercy on whom he will, and whom he will he hardens.
Goodspeed New Testament
So he has mercy on anyone he pleases, and hardens the heart of anyone he pleases.
John Wesley New Testament
So then he hath mercy on whom he willeth, and whom he willeth, he hardneth.
Julia Smith Translation
Surely then, whom he will he commiserates, and whom he will he hardens.
King James 2000
Therefore has he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardens.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Consequently therefore, he has mercy on whomever he wishes, and he hardens whomever he wishes.
Modern King James verseion
Therefore He has mercy on whom He will have mercy, and whom He will, He hardens.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
So hath he mercy on whom he will. And whom he will, he maketh hard hearted.
Moffatt New Testament
Thus God has mercy on anyone just as he pleases, and he makes anyone stubborn just as he pleases.
Montgomery New Testament
So then he has mercy on whom he will, and whom he will, he hardens.
NET Bible
So then, God has mercy on whom he chooses to have mercy, and he hardens whom he chooses to harden.
New Heart English Bible
So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.
Noyes New Testament
So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and hardeneth whom he will.
Sawyer New Testament
He therefore has mercy on whom he will, and whom he will he hardens.
The Emphasized Bible
Hence, then, - on whom he pleaseth, he hath mercy, and, whom he pleaseth, he doth harden.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Well then, he hath mercy on whom he will, but whom he will he hardeneth.
Twentieth Century New Testament
So, then, where God wills, he takes pity, and where he wills, he hardens the heart.
Webster
Therefore he hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
Weymouth New Testament
This is a proof that wherever He chooses He shows mercy, and wherever he chooses He hardens the heart.
Williams New Testament
So He has mercy on any man that He chooses to, and He hardens any man that He chooses to harden.
World English Bible
So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.
Worrell New Testament
So, then, He hath mercy on whom He willeth, and whom He willeth He hardeneth.
Worsley New Testament
So then He hath mercy on whom He pleaseth, and whom He will, He hardeneth.
Youngs Literal Translation
so, then, to whom He willeth, He doth kindness, and to whom He willeth, He doth harden.
Topics
Interlinear
Eleeo
Hos
ὅς ἥ ὅ
Hos
which, whom, that, who, whose, what, that which, whereof,
Usage: 980
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 9:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Sovereign Choice To Show Mercy
17
For the Scripture tells Pharaoh:
so that I may display My power in you
and that My name may be proclaimed in all the earth.
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 4:21
The Lord instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, make sure you do all the wonders before Pharaoh that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart
Deuteronomy 2:30
But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us travel through his land, for the Lord your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate in order to hand him over to you, as has now taken place.
Joshua 11:20
For it was the Lord’s intention to harden their hearts, so that they would engage Israel in battle, be completely destroyed without mercy, and be annihilated, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Exodus 7:13
However, Pharaoh’s heart hardened,
Isaiah 63:17
You harden our hearts so we do not fear
Return, because of Your servants,
the tribes of Your heritage.
Matthew 13:14-15
Acts 28:26-28
when He said,
You will listen and listen,
yet never understand;
and you will look and look,
yet never perceive.
Romans 1:24-28
Therefore God delivered them over in the cravings of their hearts
Romans 5:20-21
The law came along to multiply the trespass.
Romans 9:15-16
For He tells Moses:
to whom I will show mercy,
and I will have compassion
on whom I will have compassion.
Romans 11:7-8
What then? Israel did not find what it was looking for,
Ephesians 1:6
to the praise of His glorious grace
2 Thessalonians 2:10-12
and with every unrighteous deception among those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth in order to be saved.