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Romans 9:15–16

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15For He says to Moses, “aI will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

16So then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who aruns, but on bGod who has mercy.

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Romans 9:16: So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.

Cross references

  1. aEx 33:19
  2. aGal 2:2
  3. bEph 2:8

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For 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 depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For he says to Moses,

“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy,

and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For he tells Moses, I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then, it does not depend on human will or effort but on God who shows mercy.

NLTNew Living Translation

For God said to Moses,

“I will show mercy to anyone I choose,

and I will show compassion to anyone I choose.”

So it is God who decides to show mercy. We can neither choose it nor work for it.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For to Moses he says, “I will have mercy on whomever I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I have compassion.” Consequently therefore, it does not depend on the one who wills or on the one who runs, but on God who shows mercy.

KJV 1900King James Version

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. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.