NET Bible
"You will say to me then,“Why does he still find fault? For who has ever resisted his will?”"
— Romans 9:19, NET Bible
“Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?”
“Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he still find fault? For who withstandeth his will? ”
“You will say then to me, "Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?"”
“Thou wilt say therefore to me: Why doth he then find fault? For who resisteth his will?”
“But you will say to me, Why does he still make us responsible? who is able to go against his purpose?”
“Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?”
So then, it does not depend on human desire or exertion, but on God who shows mercy.
For the scripture says to Pharaoh:“For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may demonstrate my power in you, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.”
So then, God has mercy on whom he chooses to have mercy, and he hardens whom he chooses to harden.
You will say to me then,“Why does he still find fault? For who has ever resisted his will?”
But who indeed are you– a mere human being– to talk back to God? Does what is molded say to the molder,“Why have you made me like this?”
Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use?
But what if God, willing to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath prepared for destruction?