Romans 9:15
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.
KJV
τῷ Μωϋσεῖ γὰρ λέγει· ἐλεήσω ὃν ἂν ἐλεῶ, καὶ οἰκτειρήσω ὃν ἂν οἰκτείρω.
Greek NT
Moysi enim dicit : Miserebor cujus misereor : et misericordiam præstabo cujus miserebor.
Vulgate
For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.
ASV
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.
Douay-Rheims
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In this verse
People
Moses
In the original Greek
9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Μωσεύς
moseus
noun · 81×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οἰκτείρω
oikteiro
verb · 2×
ἄν
an
particle · 165×
ἐλεέω
eleeo
verb · 31×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.
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Exod 33:19 · paraphrase"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: I will have mercy on whom I will — Paul paraphrases on election
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: Μωϋσεῖ γὰρ | WH/Treg/NIV: Μωϋσεῖ γὰρ
- Μωϋσεῖ γὰρ — SBLGNT
- Μωϋσεῖ γὰρ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
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Historic Christian voices
8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210216.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
1. Paul wishing to show the difference between the New and Old [Covenant], scatters it everywhere; and shoots from afar, and noises it abroad, and prepares beforehand. For at once even from the introduction, he laid down this saying, that to them indeed He spoke by prophets, but to us by the Son c. i. 1, 2, and to them at sundry times and in various manners, but to us through t…
Confessions · 2 passages
He speaks of his design of forsaking the profession of rhetoric; of the death of his friends, Nebridius and Verecundus; of having received baptism in the thirty-third year of his age; and of the virtues and death of his mother, Monica. Chapter 1. He Praises God, the Author of Safety, and Jesus Christ, the Redeemer, Acknowledging His Own Wickedness. 1. O Lord, truly I am Your se…
Having manifested what he was and what he is, he shows the great fruit of his confession; and being about to examine by what method God and the happy life may be found, he enlarges on the nature and power of memory. Then he examines his own acts, thoughts and affections, viewed under the threefold division of temptation; and commemorates the Lord, the one mediator of God and me…
What is the form of this sacrament? Is the form for the consecration of the bread appropriate? Is the form for the consecration of the blood appropriate? The power of each form The truth of the expression The comparison of the one form with the other Article 1. Whether this is the form of this sacrament: "This is My body," and "This is the chalice of My blood"? Objection 1. It …
Cross-references
- Acts 9:6 — And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
- Acts 11:17 — Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?
- Eccl 7:13 — Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
- Eph 2:4 — But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
- Exod 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 she
- Exod 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 she
- Exod 34:6 — And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
- Ezek 16:6 — And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.
- Gen 19:16 — And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him
- Isa 27:11 — When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, a
- Jas 1:18 — Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
- Lam 3:37 — Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
- Luke 4:25 — But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
- Matt 20:15 — Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
- Mic 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.
- Neh 9:17 — And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God
- Ps 31:16 — Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake.
- Ps 101:1 — I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.
- Rom 9:16 — So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
- Rom 9:18 — Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
- Rom 9:18 — Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.