Romans 9:19
Thou wilt say, then, to me, 'Why yet doth He find fault? for His counsel who hath resisted?'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
In Context
18so, then, to whom He willeth, He doth kindness, and to whom He willeth, He doth harden.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 20:6and saith, 'O Jehovah, God of our fathers, art not Thou — God in the heavens? yea, Thou art ruling over all kingdoms of the nations, and in Thy hand [is] power and might, and there is none with Thee to station himself.
Job 9:19If of power, lo, the Strong One; And if of judgment — who doth convene me?
Psalms 76:10For the fierceness of man praiseth Thee, The remnant of fierceness Thou girdest on.
Isaiah 46:10Declaring from the beginning the latter end, And from of old that which hath not been done, Saying, 'My counsel doth stand, And all My delight I do.'
Mark 14:21the Son of Man doth indeed go, as it hath been written concerning him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is delivered up; good were it to him if that man had not been born.'
Acts 4:27for gathered together of a truth against Thy holy child Jesus, whom Thou didst anoint, were both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with nations and peoples of Israel,
Matthew Henry on Romans 9:15-25
The Divine Sovereignty. ( a. d. 58.) 14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. 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. 16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy. 17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might show my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the… Read the whole commentary →