Romans 9:15 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For He says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy and I will have compassion (pity) on whom I will have compassion. [Exod. 33:19.]

American Standard Version (1901)

For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.

Common English Bible

He says to Moses, “I’ll have mercy on whomever I choose to have mercy, and I’ll show compassion to whomever I choose to show compassion”.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For to Moses he says: "I will pity whomever I pity. And I will offer mercy to whomever I will pity."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For he saith to Moses: I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy; and I will shew mercy to whom I will shew mercy.

Romans 9:15 Cross References

Exodus 33:19

And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.

Isaiah 27:11

When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding; therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

Romans 9:16

So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy.