Catholic Public Domain Version
"Therefore, he takes pity on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills. "
— Romans 9:18, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.”
“So then he hath mercy on whom he will, 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 to Moses he says: “I will pity whomever I pity. And I will offer mercy to whomever I will pity.”
Therefore, it is not based on those who choose, nor on those who excel, but on God who takes pity.
For Scripture says to the Pharaoh: “I have raised you up for this purpose, so that I may reveal my power by you, and so that my name may be announced to all the earth.”
Therefore, he takes pity on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.
And so, you would say to me: “Then why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?”
O man, who are you to question God? How can the thing that has been formed say to the One who formed him: “Why have you made me this way?”
And does not the potter have the authority over the clay to make, from the same material, indeed, one vessel unto honor, yet truly another unto disgrace?