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Romans 9:19
You will say then to me, “Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?”
Romans 9:19 · World English Bible
Romans 9:19 in other translations
Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?”
You will say then to me, "Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?"
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In context
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,
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