Parallel Verses
Worrell New Testament
So, then, He hath mercy on whom He willeth, and whom He willeth He hardeneth.
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.
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 says to Pharaoh, "For this very purpose did I raise you up, that I might show forth My power in you, and that my name might be published abroad in all the earth." 18 So, then, He hath mercy on whom He willeth, and whom He willeth He hardeneth. 19 You will say to me, then, "Why doth He still find fault? for who has withstood His will?"
Phrases
Cross References
Matthew 13:14-15
And to them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which says, 'With hearing ye will hear, and will not understand; and, seeing, ye will see, and will not perceive;
Acts 28:26-28
saying, 'Go your way to this people, and say, With hearing ye shall hear, but in no wise understand; and, looking, ye shall look, and in no wise see;
Romans 1:24-28
Wherefore, God gave them up in the desires of their hearts unto the uncleanness of dishonoring their bodies among themselves;
Romans 5:20-21
And the law entered, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did super-abound;
Romans 9:15-16
For He saith to Moses, "I will have mercy on whomsoever I have mercy; and I will have compassion on whomsoever I have compassion."
Romans 11:7-8
What, then? What Israel is seeking for, this he did not obtain; but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened;
Ephesians 1:6
to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He graciously bestowed on us in the Beloved;
2 Thessalonians 2:10-12
and in all deceit of unrighteousness to those who perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.