Romans 9:16 - Forerunner Commentary

Romans 9:16

Israel’s Rejection and God’s Justice

14 What shall we say then? ^aIs there unrighteousness with God? Certainly not!

15 For He says to Moses, ^a“I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.”

16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.

17 For ^athe Scripture says to the Pharaoh, ^b“For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth.”

18 Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He ^ahardens.

19 You will say to me then, “Why does He still find fault? For ^awho has resisted His will?”

Verse Comparison: Romans 9:16

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American Standard Version
So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy.

Amplified® Bible
So then [God's gift] is not a question of human will and human effort, but of God's mercy. [It depends not on one's own willingness nor on his strenuous exertion as in running a race, but on God's having mercy on him.]

Contemporary English Version
Everything then depends on God's mercy and not on what people want or do.

Darby English Version
So then [it is] not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shews mercy.

Good News Bible
So then, everything depends, not on what we humans want or do, but only on God's mercy.

International Standard Version
Therefore, God's choice does not depend on a person's will or effort, but on God himself, who shows mercy.

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

New American Standard Bible
So then it {does} not {depend} on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy.

New International Version
It does not, therefore, depend on man's desire or effort, but on God's mercy.

New King James Version
So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy.

Young's Literal Translation
so, then -- not of him who is willing, nor of him who is running, but of God who is doing kindness:

New English Translation
So then,¹ it does not depend on human desire or exertion,² but on God who shows mercy.

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