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God’s Sovereign Choice

Romans 9:15

In 9 translations

BSB
For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”Exodus 33:19
KJV
For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
WEB
For he said to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
ASV
For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.
LSV
For to Moses He says, “I will do kindness to whom I do kindness, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion”;
YLT
for to Moses He saith, 'I will do kindness to whom I do kindness, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion;'
DBY
For he says to Moses, I will shew mercy to whom I will shew mercy, and I will feel compassion for whom I will feel compassion.
DRC
For he saith to Moses: I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy; and I will shew mercy to whom I will shew mercy.
GNV
For he saith to Moses, I wil haue mercy on him, to whom I wil shew mercie: and wil haue compassion on him, on who I wil haue copassion.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (4)
  • Spelling of Μωϋσεῖ: Textus Receptus: Μωσῇ.
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place γὰρ elsewhere in this verse.
  • Spelling of οἰκτιρήσω: Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Textus Receptus: οἰκτειρήσω.
  • Spelling of οἰκτίρω: Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Textus Receptus: οἰκτείρω.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: Μωϋσεῖ γὰρ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read Μωϋσεῖ γὰρ; Robinson–Pierpont read γὰρ Μωϋσεῖ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
τῷ Μωϋσεῖ γὰρ λέγει· Ἐλεήσω ὃν ἂν ἐλεῶ, καὶ οἰκτιρήσω ὃν ἂν οἰκτίρω.
RP2018
Τῷ γὰρ Μωϋσῇ λέγει, Ἐλεήσω ὃν ἂν ἐλεῶ, καὶ οἰκτειρήσω ὃν ἂν οἰκτείρω.
TR-Boyd
Τῷ γὰρ Μωσῇ λέγει, Ἐλεήσω ὃν ἂν ἐλεῶ, καὶ οἰκτειρήσω ὃν ἂν οἰκτείρω.
SCR1894
τω γαρ μωση λεγει ελεησω ον αν ελεω και οικτειρησω ον αν οικτειρω

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  • Exodus 33:19“I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
  • Romans 9:16So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
  • Micah 7:18Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
  • Exodus 34:6–7Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness, maintaining loving devotion to a thousand…
  • Romans 9:18–19Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden. One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?”
  • Isaiah 27:11When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.

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