Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” New Living Translation For God said to Moses, “I will show mercy to anyone I choose, and I will show compassion to anyone I choose.” English Standard Version For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” Berean Standard Bible For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” Berean Literal Bible For He says to Moses: "I will show mercy to whom I may show mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I may have compassion." King James Bible 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. New King James Version For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.” New American Standard Bible For He says to Moses, “I WILL HAVE MERCY ON WHOMEVER I HAVE MERCY, AND I WILL SHOW COMPASSION TO WHOMEVER I SHOW COMPASSION.” NASB 1995 For He says to Moses, “I WILL HAVE MERCY ON WHOM I HAVE MERCY, AND I WILL HAVE COMPASSION ON WHOM I HAVE COMPASSION.” NASB 1977 For He says to Moses, “I WILL HAVE MERCY ON WHOM I HAVE MERCY, AND I WILL HAVE COMPASSION ON WHOM I HAVE COMPASSION.” Legacy Standard Bible For He says to Moses, “I WILL HAVE MERCY ON WHOM I HAVE MERCY, AND I WILL HAVE COMPASSION ON WHOM I HAVE COMPASSION.” Amplified Bible For He says to Moses, “I WILL HAVE MERCY ON WHOMEVER I HAVE MERCY, AND I WILL HAVE COMPASSION ON WHOMEVER I HAVE COMPASSION.” Christian Standard Bible For he tells Moses, I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. Holman Christian Standard Bible For He tells Moses: I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. American Standard Version For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion. Contemporary English Version The Lord told Moses that he has pity and mercy on anyone he wants to. English Revised Version For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion. GOD'S WORD® Translation For example, God said to Moses, "I will be kind to anyone I want to. I will be merciful to anyone I want to." Good News Translation For he said to Moses, "I will have mercy on anyone I wish; I will take pity on anyone I wish." International Standard Version For he says to Moses, "I will be merciful to the person I want to be merciful to, and I will be kind to the person I want to be kind to." Majority Standard Bible For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” NET Bible For he says to Moses: "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion." New Heart English Bible For he said to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion." Webster's Bible Translation 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. Weymouth New Testament No, indeed; the solution is found in His words to Moses, "Wherever I show mercy it shall be nothing but mercy, and wherever I show compassion it shall be simply compassion." World English Bible For he said to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionFor to Moses He says, “I will do kindness to whom I do kindness, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion”; Berean Literal Bible For He says to Moses: "I will show mercy to whom I may show mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I may have compassion." Young's Literal Translation for to Moses He saith, 'I will do kindness to whom I do kindness, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion;' Smith's Literal Translation I will commiserate whomsoever I commiserate, and I will have compassion upon whomsoever I have compassion. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor 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. 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.” New American Bible For he says to Moses: “I will show mercy to whom I will, I will take pity on whom I will.” New Revised Standard Version For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor he said to Moses also, I will have mercy on him whom I love, and I will have compassion on him whom I favor. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Behold, he said also to Moses, “I shall show love on whomever I love, and I shall take pity on whomever I pity.” NT Translations Anderson New TestamentFor he says to Moses: I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy; and I will show compassion to whom I will show compassion. Godbey New Testament For he says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I do have mercy, and I will commiserate whom I do commiserate. Haweis New Testament For he saith to Moses, Mace New Testament God forbid, for he saith to Moses, "I will show favour to whom I will show favour, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion." Weymouth New Testament No, indeed; the solution is found in His words to Moses, "Wherever I show mercy it shall be nothing but mercy, and wherever I show compassion it shall be simply compassion." Worrell New Testament For He saith to Moses, "I will have mercy on whomsoever I have mercy; and I will have compassion on whomsoever I have compassion." Worsley New Testament God forbid! 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." Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God's Sovereign Choice…14What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not! 15For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” 16So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.… Cross References Exodus 33:19 “I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” Exodus 34:6-7 Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness, / maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.” Deuteronomy 7:6-8 For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth. / The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. / But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Deuteronomy 32:39 See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand. Psalm 103:8 The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. Psalm 115:3 Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases. Psalm 135:6 The LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths. Isaiah 46:10 I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’ Isaiah 55:8-9 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. / “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts. Jeremiah 18:6 “O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel. Lamentations 3:22-23 Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. / They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness! Daniel 4:35 All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’” Matthew 20:15 Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’ Matthew 11:25-26 At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. / Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight. John 5:21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes. Treasury of Scripture For he said to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. I will have. Romans 9:16,18,19 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy… Exodus 33:19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy. Exodus 34:6,7 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, … Jump to Previous Compassion Feel Found Indeed Kindness Mercy Moses Pity Shew Show Simply Wherever WordsJump to Next Compassion Feel Found Indeed Kindness Mercy Moses Pity Shew Show Simply Wherever WordsRomans 9 1. Paul is sorry for the Jews.7. All of Abraham not of the promise. 18. God's sovereignty. 25. The calling of the Gentiles and rejecting of the Jews, foretold. 32. The cause of their stumbling. For He says to Moses This phrase introduces a direct quotation from God to Moses, found in Exodus 33:19. The context here is crucial; Moses is interceding for Israel after the golden calf incident, seeking assurance of God's continued presence. The use of "He says" underscores the authority and timelessness of God's word. In the original Hebrew, the verb "says" (אָמַר, 'amar) conveys not just a spoken word but a declaration of divine will. This sets the stage for understanding God's sovereign choice as an eternal principle. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion Greek Forγὰρ (gar) Conjunction Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. He says λέγει (legei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. to τῷ (tō) Article - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Moses: Μωϋσεῖ (Mōusei) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 3475: Or Moses, or Mouses of Hebrew origin; Moseus, Moses, or Mouses, the Hebrew lawgiver. “I will have mercy on Ἐλεήσω (Eleēsō) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's 1653: To pity, have mercy on. From eleos; to compassionate. whom ὃν (hon) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that. I have mercy, ἐλεῶ (eleō) Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's 1653: To pity, have mercy on. From eleos; to compassionate. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. I will have compassion on οἰκτιρήσω (oiktirēsō) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's 3627: To pity, have compassion on. Also prolonged oiktereo oyk-ter-eh'-o from oiktos; to exercise pity. whom ὃν (hon) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that. I have compassion.” οἰκτίρω (oiktirō) Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's 3627: To pity, have compassion on. Also prolonged oiktereo oyk-ter-eh'-o from oiktos; to exercise pity. Links Romans 9:15 NIVRomans 9:15 NLT Romans 9:15 ESV Romans 9:15 NASB Romans 9:15 KJV Romans 9:15 BibleApps.com Romans 9:15 Biblia Paralela Romans 9:15 Chinese Bible Romans 9:15 French Bible Romans 9:15 Catholic Bible NT Letters: Romans 9:15 For he said to Moses I will (Rom. Ro) |