American Standard Version
"So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will he hardeneth. "
— Romans 9:18, American Standard Version
“Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.”
“So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.”
“So then, God has mercy on whom he chooses to have mercy, and he hardens whom he chooses to harden.”
“Therefore he hath mercy on whom he will. And whom he will, he hardeneth.”
“So then, at his pleasure he has mercy on a man, and at his pleasure he makes the heart hard.”
“Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.”
For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.
So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy.
For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, For this very purpose did I raise thee up, that I might show in thee my power, and that my name might be published abroad in all the earth.
So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will he hardeneth.
Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he still find fault? For who withstandeth his will?
Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?
Or hath not the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?