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World English Bible

Romans 9 (WEBP)

[1] I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit
[2] that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
[3] For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers’ sake, my relatives according to the flesh
[4] who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises;
[5] of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen.
[6] But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel that are of Israel.
[7] Neither, because they are Abraham’s offspring, are they all children. But, “your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac.”
[8] That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as heirs.
[9] For this is a word of promise: “At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.”
[10] Not only so, but Rebekah also conceived by one, by our father Isaac.
[11] For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,
[12] it was said to her, “The elder will serve the younger.”
[13] Even as it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
[14] What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!
[15] For he said to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
[16] So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.
[17] For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
[18] So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.
[19] You will say then to me, “Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?”
[20] But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”
[21] Or hasn’t the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?
[22] What if God, willing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
[23] and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory—
[24] us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?
[25] As he says also in Hosea, “I will call them ‘my people,’ which were not my people; and her ‘beloved,’ who was not beloved.”
[26] “It will be that in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘children of the living God.’”
[27] Isaiah cries concerning Israel, “If the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant who will be saved;
[28] for he will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.”
[29] As Isaiah has said before, “Unless the Lord of Armies had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah.”
[30] What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn’t follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;
[31] but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn’t arrive at the law of righteousness.
[32] Why? Because they didn’t seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
[33] even as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him will be disappointed.”

Romans 9:7
Romans 9:9
Romans 9:11 NU puts the phrase “not of works, but of him who calls” at the beginning of verse 12 instead of the end of verse 11.
Romans 9:12
Romans 9:13
Romans 9:15
Romans 9:17
Romans 9:20 ;
Romans 9:25
Romans 9:26
Romans 9:28
Romans 9:29a Greek: Sabaoth (or Hebrew: Tze’va’ot)
Romans 9:29b
Romans 9:33a “Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
Romans 9:33b ;

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Romans 9 (KJVS)

[1] I say () the truth in Christ, I lie () not, my conscience also bearing me witness () in the Holy Ghost,
[2] that I have () great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
[3] For I could wish () that myself were () accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
[4] who are () Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
[5] whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who () is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
[6] Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. () For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
[7] neither, because they are () the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. ()
[8] That is, () They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted () for the seed.
[9] For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, () and Sarah shall have () a son.
[10] And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, () even by our father Isaac;
[11] (for the children being not yet born, () neither having done () any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, () not of works, but of him that calleth;) ()
[12] it was said () unto her, The elder shall serve () the younger.
[13] As it is written, () Jacob have I loved, () but Esau have I hated. ()
[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 sheweth mercy. ()
[17] For the scripture saith () unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, () that I might shew () my power in thee, and that my name might be declared () throughout all the earth.
[18] Therefore hath he mercy () on whom he will () have mercy, and whom he will () he hardeneth. ()
[19] Thou wilt say () then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? () For who hath resisted () his will?
[20] Nay but, O man, who art () thou that repliest against () God? Shall the thing formed say () to him that formed () it, Why hast thou made () me thus?
[21] Hath () not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make () one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
[22] What if God, willing () to shew () his wrath, and to make his power known, () endured () with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted () to destruction:
[23] and that he might make known () the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared () unto glory,
[24] even us, whom he hath called, () not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
[25] As he saith () also in Osee, I will call () them my people, which were not my people; And her beloved, () which was not beloved. ()
[26] And it shall come to pass, () that in the place where it was said () unto them, Ye are not my people; There shall they be called () the children of the living () God.
[27] Esaias also crieth () concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be () as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: ()
[28] for he will finish () the work, and cut it short () in righteousness: because a short () work will the Lord make () upon the earth.
[29] And as Esaias said before, () Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left () us a seed, We had been () as Sodoma, and been made like () unto Gomorrha.
[30] What shall we say () then? That the Gentiles, which followed () not after righteousness, have attained () to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
[31] But Israel, which followed () after the law of righteousness, hath not attained () to the law of righteousness.
[32] Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled () at that stumblingstone;
[33] as it is written, () Behold, () I lay () in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: And whosoever believeth () on him shall not be ashamed. ()

Romans 9:3 Or, separated
Romans 9:4 Or, testaments
Romans 9:12a Or, greater
Romans 9:12b Or, lesser
Romans 9:20 Or, answereth again, or disputest with God?
Romans 9:22 Or, made up
Romans 9:28 Or, the account
Romans 9:33 Or confounded

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Romans 9 (BYZ)

[1] Ἀλήθειαν () λέγω () ἐν () χριστῷ, () οὐ () ψεύδομαι, () συμμαρτυρούσης () μοι () τῆς () συνειδήσεώς () μου () ἐν () πνεύματι () ἁγίῳ, ()
[2] ὅτι () λύπη () μοι () ἐστὶν () μεγάλη, () καὶ () ἀδιάλειπτος () ὀδύνη () τῇ () καρδίᾳ () μου. ()
[3] Εὐχόμην () γὰρ () αὐτὸς () ἐγὼ () ἀνάθεμα () εἶναι () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () χριστοῦ () ὑπὲρ () τῶν () ἀδελφῶν () μου, () τῶν () συγγενῶν () μου () κατὰ () σάρκα· ()
[4] οἵτινές () εἰσιν () Ἰσραηλῖται, () ὧν () ἡ () υἱοθεσία () καὶ () ἡ () δόξα () καὶ () αἱ () διαθῆκαι () καὶ () ἡ () νομοθεσία () καὶ () ἡ () λατρεία () καὶ () αἱ () ἐπαγγελίαι, ()
[5] ὧν () οἱ () πατέρες, () καὶ () ἐξ () ὧν () ὁ () χριστὸς () τὸ () κατὰ () σάρκα, () ὁ () ὢν () ἐπὶ () πάντων, () θεὸς () εὐλογητὸς () εἰς () τοὺς () αἰῶνας. () Ἀμήν. ()
[6] Οὐχ () οἷον () δὲ () ὅτι () ἐκπέπτωκεν () ὁ () λόγος () τοῦ () θεοῦ. () Οὐ () γὰρ () πάντες () οἱ () ἐξ () Ἰσραήλ, () οὗτοι () Ἰσραήλ· ()
[7] οὐδ’ () ὅτι () εἰσὶν () σπέρμα () Ἀβραάμ, () πάντες () τέκνα· () ἀλλ’ () Ἐν () Ἰσαὰκ () κληθήσεταί () σοι () σπέρμα. ()
[8] Τοῦτ’ () ἔστιν, () οὐ () τὰ () τέκνα () τῆς () σαρκός, () ταῦτα () τέκνα () τοῦ () θεοῦ· () ἀλλὰ () τὰ () τέκνα () τῆς () ἐπαγγελίας () λογίζεται () εἰς () σπέρμα. ()
[9] Ἐπαγγελίας () γὰρ () ὁ () λόγος () οὗτος, () Κατὰ () τὸν () καιρὸν () τοῦτον () ἐλεύσομαι, () καὶ () ἔσται () τῇ () Σάρρᾳ () υἱός. ()
[10] Οὐ () μόνον () δέ, () ἀλλὰ () καὶ () Ῥεβέκκα () ἐξ () ἑνὸς () κοίτην () ἔχουσα, () Ἰσαὰκ () τοῦ () πατρὸς () ἡμῶν— ()
[11] μήπω () γὰρ () γεννηθέντων, () μηδὲ () πραξάντων () τι () ἀγαθὸν () ἢ () κακόν, () ἵνα () ἡ () κατ’ () ἐκλογὴν () πρόθεσις () τοῦ () θεοῦ () μένῃ, () οὐκ () ἐξ () ἔργων, () ἀλλ’ () ἐκ () τοῦ () καλοῦντος, ()
[12] ἐρρήθη () αὐτῇ () ὅτι () Ὁ () μείζων () δουλεύσει () τῷ () ἐλάσσονι. ()
[13] Καθὼς () γέγραπται, () Τὸν () Ἰακὼβ () ἠγάπησα, () τὸν () δὲ () Ἠσαῦ () ἐμίσησα. ()
[14] Τί () οὖν () ἐροῦμεν; () Μὴ () ἀδικία () παρὰ () τῷ () θεῷ; () Μὴ () γένοιτο. ()
[15] Τῷ () γὰρ () Μωϋσῇ () λέγει, () Ἐλεήσω () ὃν () ἂν () ἐλεῶ, () καὶ () οἰκτειρήσω () ὃν () ἂν () οἰκτείρω. ()
[16] Ἄρα () οὖν () οὐ () τοῦ () θέλοντος, () οὐδὲ () τοῦ () τρέχοντος, () ἀλλὰ () τοῦ () ἐλεοῦντος () θεοῦ. ()
[17] Λέγει () γὰρ () ἡ () γραφὴ () τῷ () Φαραὼ () ὅτι () Εἰς () αὐτὸ () τοῦτο () ἐξήγειρά () σε, () ὅπως () ἐνδείξωμαι () ἐν () σοὶ () τὴν () δύναμίν () μου, () καὶ () ὅπως () διαγγελῇ () τὸ () ὄνομά () μου () ἐν () πάσῃ () τῇ () γῇ. ()
[18] Ἄρα () οὖν () ὃν () θέλει () ἐλεεῖ· () ὃν () δὲ () θέλει () σκληρύνει. ()
[19] Ἐρεῖς () οὖν () μοι, () Τί () ἔτι () μέμφεται; () Τῷ () γὰρ () βουλήματι () αὐτοῦ () τίς () ἀνθέστηκεν; ()
[20] Μενοῦνγε, () ὦ () ἄνθρωπε, () σὺ () τίς () εἶ () ὁ () ἀνταποκρινόμενος () τῷ () θεῷ; () Μὴ () ἐρεῖ () τὸ () πλάσμα () τῷ () πλάσαντι, () Τί () με () ἐποίησας () οὕτως; ()
[21] Ἢ () οὐκ () ἔχει () ἐξουσίαν () ὁ () κεραμεὺς () τοῦ () πηλοῦ, () ἐκ () τοῦ () αὐτοῦ () φυράματος () ποιῆσαι () ὃ () μὲν () εἰς () τιμὴν () σκεῦος, () ὃ () δὲ () εἰς () ἀτιμίαν; ()
[22] Εἰ () δὲ () θέλων () ὁ () θεὸς () ἐνδείξασθαι () τὴν () ὀργήν, () καὶ () γνωρίσαι () τὸ () δυνατὸν () αὐτοῦ, () ἤνεγκεν () ἐν () πολλῇ () μακροθυμίᾳ () σκεύη () ὀργῆς () κατηρτισμένα () εἰς () ἀπώλειαν· ()
[23] καὶ () ἵνα () γνωρίσῃ () τὸν () πλοῦτον () τῆς () δόξης () αὐτοῦ () ἐπὶ () σκεύη () ἐλέους, () ἃ () προητοίμασεν () εἰς () δόξαν, ()
[24] οὓς () καὶ () ἐκάλεσεν () ἡμᾶς () οὐ () μόνον () ἐξ () Ἰουδαίων, () ἀλλὰ () καὶ () ἐξ () ἐθνῶν; ()
[25] Ὡς () καὶ () ἐν () τῷ () Ὡσηὲ () λέγει, () Καλέσω () τὸν () οὐ () λαόν () μου () λαόν () μου· () καὶ () τὴν () οὐκ () ἠγαπημένην () ἠγαπημένην. ()
[26] Καὶ () ἔσται, () ἐν () τῷ () τόπῳ () οὗ () ἐρρήθη () αὐτοῖς, () Οὐ () λαός () μου () ὑμεῖς, () ἐκεῖ () κληθήσονται () υἱοὶ () θεοῦ () ζῶντος. ()
[27] Ἠσαΐας () δὲ () κράζει () ὑπὲρ () τοῦ () Ἰσραήλ, () Ἐὰν () ᾖ () ὁ () ἀριθμὸς () τῶν () υἱῶν () Ἰσραὴλ () ὡς () ἡ () ἄμμος () τῆς () θαλάσσης, () τὸ () κατάλειμμα () σωθήσεται· ()
[28] λόγον () γὰρ () συντελῶν () καὶ () συντέμνων () ἐν () δικαιοσύνῃ· () ὅτι () λόγον () συντετμημένον () ποιήσει () κύριος () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς. ()
[29] Καὶ () καθὼς () προείρηκεν () Ἠσαΐας, () Εἰ () μὴ () κύριος () Σαβαὼθ () ἐγκατέλιπεν () ἡμῖν () σπέρμα, () ὡς () Σόδομα () ἂν () ἐγενήθημεν, () καὶ () ὡς () Γόμορρα () ἂν () ὡμοιώθημεν. ()
[30] Τί () οὖν () ἐροῦμεν; () Ὅτι () ἔθνη () τὰ () μὴ () διώκοντα () δικαιοσύνην, () κατέλαβεν () δικαιοσύνην, () δικαιοσύνην () δὲ () τὴν () ἐκ () πίστεως· ()
[31] Ἰσραὴλ () δέ, () διώκων () νόμον () δικαιοσύνης, () εἰς () νόμον () δικαιοσύνης () οὐκ () ἔφθασεν. ()
[32] Διὰ () τί; () Ὅτι () οὐκ () ἐκ () πίστεως, () ἀλλ’ () ὡς () ἐξ () ἔργων () νόμου· () προσέκοψαν () γὰρ () τῷ () λίθῳ () τοῦ () προσκόμματος, ()
[33] καθὼς () γέγραπται, () Ἰδοὺ () τίθημι () ἐν () Σιὼν () λίθον () προσκόμματος () καὶ () πέτραν () σκανδάλου· () καὶ () πᾶς () ὁ () πιστεύων () ἐπ’ () αὐτῷ () οὐ () καταισχυνθήσεται. ()

Romans 9:1 συμμαρτυρούσης ¦ TH WH συνμαρτυρούσης
Romans 9:3a Εὐχόμην ¦ CT PT TR Ηὐχόμην
Romans 9:3b αὐτὸς ἐγὼ ἀνάθεμα εἶναι ¦ CT ἀνάθεμα εἶναι αὐτὸς ἐγὼ
Romans 9:4 Ἰσραηλῖται ¦ TH WH Ἰσραηλεῖται
Romans 9:11a κακόν ¦ CT φαῦλον
Romans 9:11b πρόθεσις τοῦ θεοῦ ¦ PT TR τοῦ θεοῦ πρόθεσις
Romans 9:12 ἐρρήθη ¦ CT HF PCK PT ἐρρέθη
Romans 9:13a Καθὼς ¦ WH Καθάπερ
Romans 9:13b ἐμίσησα ¦ TH ἐμείσησα
Romans 9:15a γὰρ Μωϋσῇ ¦ RPmg TR γὰρ Μωσῇ ¦ CT Μωϋσεῖ γὰρ
Romans 9:15b οἰκτειρήσω … οἰκτείρω ¦ NA SBL οἰκτιρήσω … οἰκτίρω
Romans 9:16 ἐλεοῦντος ¦ CT ἐλεῶντος
Romans 9:19 οὖν μοι τὶ ¦ TH WH μοι οὖν τὶ ¦ SBL μοι οὖν τὶ οὖν ¦ NA μοι οὖν τὶ [οὖν]
Romans 9:20 Μενοῦνγε ὦ ἄνθρωπε ¦ CT ὦ ἄνθρωπε Μενοῦνγε
Romans 9:23 καὶ ¦ WH om.
Romans 9:26a ἐρρήθη ¦ CT HF PCK PT ἐρρέθη
Romans 9:26b αὐτοῖς ¦ [WH]
Romans 9:27 κατάλειμμα ¦ NA SBL TH ὑπόλειμμα ¦ WH ὑπόλιμμα
Romans 9:28 ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ ὅτι λόγον συντετμημένον ¦ CT om.
Romans 9:31 δικαιοσύνης ¦ CT om.
Romans 9:32 νόμου προσέκοψαν γὰρ ¦ CT προσέκοψαν
Romans 9:33 πᾶς ¦ CT om.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.