Verse 17

Romans 9:17

Noah Webster Bible

17 For the scripture saith to Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might show my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
Original Language Text
greek
λέγει γὰρ ἡ γραφὴ τῷ Φαραὼ ὅτι Εἰς αὐτὸ τοῦτο ἐξήγειρά σε ὅπως ἐνδείξωμαι ἐν σοὶ τὴν δύναμίν μου, καὶ ὅπως διαγγελῇ τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ.
English Translation
For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "For this purpose I raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth."
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 testimony in the Holy Spirit, 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 pertain the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving o... Focus ↗
5 Whose are the fathers, and from whom according to the flesh, Christ came , who is over all, God (Elo... Focus ↗
6 Not as though the word of God (Elohim) hath taken no effect. For they are not all Israel, who are de... Focus ↗
7 Neither because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be... Focus ↗
8 That is, They who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God (Elohim); but the... 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 to 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)? By no means. Focus ↗
15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on wh... Focus ↗
16 So then, it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God (Elohim) that showeth me... Focus ↗
17 For the scripture saith to Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might s...
18 Therefore he hath mercy on whom he will have mercy , and whom he will he hardeneth. Focus ↗
19 Thou wilt say then to me, Why doth he yet find fault? for who hath resisted his will? Focus ↗
20 No, 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 to honor, and another to... Focus ↗
22 What if God (Elohim), willing to show 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 before pr... 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 Hosea, I will call them My people, who were not my people; and her Beloved, who... Focus ↗
26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people; there... Focus ↗
27 Isaiah 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 Isaiah said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom, and... Focus ↗
30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles who followed not after righteousness, have attained to rig... Focus ↗
31 But Israel, who followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousne... Focus ↗
32 Why? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled... Focus ↗
33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumbling-stone, and rock of offense: and whoever believet... Focus ↗