Verse 15

Romans 9:15

King James Version

15 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.
Original Language Text
greek
τῷ ⸂Μωϋσεῖ γὰρ⸃ λέγει· Ἐλεήσω ὃν ἂν ἐλεῶ, καὶ οἰκτιρήσω ὃν ἂν οἰκτίρω.
English Translation
For to Moses he says: I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 9 Context
1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, Focus ↗
2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. Focus ↗
3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the... Focus ↗
4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the givin... Focus ↗
5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God (Elohim... Focus ↗
6 Not as though the word of God (Elohim) hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which ar... Focus ↗
7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed b... Focus ↗
8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God (Elohim): but... Focus ↗
9 For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son. Focus ↗
10 And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac; Focus ↗
11 (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God... Focus ↗
12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. Focus ↗
13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. Focus ↗
14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God (Elohim)? God (Elohim) forbid. Focus ↗
15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on wh...
16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God (Elohim) that sheweth mer... Focus ↗
17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might... Focus ↗
18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. Focus ↗
19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? Focus ↗
20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God (Elohim)? Shall the thing formed say to him t... Focus ↗
21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and anothe... Focus ↗
22 What if God (Elohim), willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much long... Focus ↗
23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore pre... Focus ↗
24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? Focus ↗
25 As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, whi... Focus ↗
26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; ther... Focus ↗
27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of... Focus ↗
28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord m... Focus ↗
29 And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and... Focus ↗
30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to... Focus ↗
31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteous... Focus ↗
32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stu... Focus ↗
33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believet... Focus ↗