Romans 9:18

In 9 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

so then, to whom He wills, He does kindness, and to whom He wills, He hardens.

YLT

so, then, to whom He willeth, He doth kindness, and to whom He willeth, He doth harden.

DBY

So then, to whom he will he shews mercy, and whom he will he hardens.

DRC

Therefore he hath mercy on whom he will; and whom he will, he hardeneth.

GNV

Therefore he hath mercie on whome he will, and whom he will, he hardeneth.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

ἄρα οὖν ὃν θέλει ἐλεεῖ, ὃν δὲ θέλει σκληρύνει.

RP2018

Ἄρα οὖν ὃν θέλει ἐλεεῖ· ὃν δὲ θέλει σκληρύνει.

TR-Boyd

Ἄρα οὖν ὃν θέλει ἐλεεῖ· ὃν δὲ θέλει σκληρύνει.

SCR1894

αρα ουν ον θελει ελεει ον δε θελει σκληρυνει

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Cross-references most cited first

• Joshua 11:20For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destruction and would receive no mercy, being annihilated as the LORD had commanded Moses.
• Exodus 4:21The LORD instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.
• Romans 9:15–16For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
• Romans 11:7–8What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened, as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this…
• 2 Thessalonians 2:10–12and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they…
• Deuteronomy 2:30But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.
• Romans 5:20–21The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more, so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life…
• Exodus 7:13Still, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
• Isaiah 63:17Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways and harden our hearts from fearing You? Return, for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.
• Romans 1:24–28Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than…
• Acts 28:26–28‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.” For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have…
• Matthew 13:14–15In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears,…
• Ephesians 1:6to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.

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