Romans 9:18 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁸ So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will he hardeneth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ So then He has mercy on whomever He wills (chooses) and He hardens (makes stubborn and unyielding the heart of) whomever He wills.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will he hardeneth.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ So then, God has mercy on whomever he wants to, but he makes resistant whomever he wants to.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ Therefore, he takes pity on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ Therefore he hath mercy on whom he will; and whom he will, he hardeneth.

Romans 9:18 Cross References

Exodus 10:1

And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs in the midst of them:

Exodus 10:20

But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go.

Exodus 10:27

But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go.

Exodus 11:10

And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go out of his land.

Exodus 14:17

And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall go in after them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.

Exodus 14:4

And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he shall follow after them; and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; and the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD. And they did so.

Exodus 4:21

And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest back into Egypt, see that thou do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, and he will not let the people go.

Exodus 7:13

And Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken.

Exodus 7:3

And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.

Exodus 9:12

And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses.

Exodus 9:7

And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not so much as one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was stubborn, and he did not let the people go.

Isaiah 63:17

O LORD, why dost thou make us to err from thy ways, and hardenest our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

John 12:40

He hath blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart; Lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, And should turn, And I should heal them.

Romans 11:25

For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in;

Ephesians 1:6

to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:

Deuteronomy 2:30

But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as at this day.

Joshua 11:20

For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that he might utterly destroy them, that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses.