Parallel Verses
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.
Holman Bible
So then, He shows mercy to those He wants to, and He hardens those He wants to harden.
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
The scripture says to Pharaoh: For this reason I have raised you up, that I might through you, show my power and declare my name in all the earth.
18 So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 4:21
Jehovah said to Moses: When you go back to Egypt see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put in your power. I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.
Deuteronomy 2:30
King Sihon of Heshbon would not allow us to pass through. Jehovah your God made him stubborn and overconfident in order to hand him over to you, as he has now done.
Joshua 11:20
It was Jehovah who hardened their hearts to make war against Israel. That way he could completely destroy them. That they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Exodus 7:13
Pharaoh continued to be stubborn. Just as Jehovah had predicted, he would not listen to them.
Isaiah 63:17
O Jehovah, why do you let us wander from your ways and become so stubborn that we are unable to respect you? Return for the sake of your servants. They are the tribes that belong to you.
Matthew 13:14-15
The prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled. 'By hearing, you shall hear, and shall in no way understand. By seeing you shall see, and shall in no way perceive.
Acts 28:26-28
He said, Go and say to this people, 'You will listen and listen, but not understand. You will look and look, but not see.
Romans 1:24-28
God gave them up to uncleanness because of the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves.
Romans 5:20-21
The law came that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased God's loving kindness increased even more.
Romans 9:15-16
He says to Moses, I will show mercy to the one I choose to show mercy, and I will feel compassion for the one I choose to feel compassion.
Romans 11:7-8
What then? Israel has not obtained that which he seeks. The chosen ones have obtained it, and the rest were blinded (rendered stupid) (hardened) (made insensitive).
Ephesians 1:6
This is to the praise of the glory of his kindness, with which he freely honored us, the loved ones.
2 Thessalonians 2:10-12
He will use every kind of wicked deceit on those who will perish. They will perish because they did not welcome and love the truth so as to be saved.