Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Therefore, God has mercy on whomever he chooses, and he hardens the heart of whomever he chooses.
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.
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 says about Pharaoh, "I have raised you up for this very purpose, to demonstrate my power through you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth." 18 Therefore, God has mercy on whomever he chooses, and he hardens the heart of whomever he chooses. 19 You may ask me, "Then why does God still find fault with anybody? For who can resist his will?"
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 4:21
Then the LORD told Moses, "When you set out to return to Egypt, keep in mind all the wonders that I've put in your power, so that you may do them before Pharaoh. But I'll harden his heart so that he won't let the people go.
Deuteronomy 2:30
But King Sihon of Heshbon did not allow us to pass through, because the LORD your God had hardened his spirit and made him arrogant, in order to deliver him into your control today.
Joshua 11:20
because the LORD had hardened their hearts so they would fight Israel in war, be completely destroyed without mercy, and be completely wiped out, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Exodus 7:13
Yet Pharaoh's heart was stubborn and he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had said would happen.
Isaiah 63:17
Why, LORD, do you make us wander from your ways and harden our hearts, so that we do not fear you? Turn back for the sake of your servants, for the sake of the tribes that are your heritage.
Matthew 13:14-15
"With them the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says: "You will listen and listen but never understand. You will look and look but never comprehend,
Acts 28:26-28
He said, "Go to this people and say, "You will listen and listen but never understand, and you will look and look but never see!
Romans 1:24-28
For this reason, God delivered them to sexual impurity as they followed the lusts of their hearts and dishonored their bodies with one another.
Romans 5:20-21
Now the Law crept in so that the offense would increase. But where sin increased, grace increased even more,
Romans 9:15-16
For he says to Moses, "I will be merciful to the person I want to be merciful to, and I will be kind to the person I want to be kind to."
Romans 11:7-8
What, then, does this mean? It means that Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking, but the selected group obtained it while the rest were hardened.
Ephesians 1:6
so that we would praise his glorious grace that he gave us in the Beloved One.
2 Thessalonians 2:10-12
and every type of evil to deceive those who are dying, those who refused to love the truth that would save them.