Roma 9:18

9:18 So then, ¹  God ²  has mercy on whom he chooses to have mercy, and he hardens whom he chooses to harden. ³ 

Roma 11:33-36

11:33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how fathomless his ways!

11:34 For who has known the mind of the Lord,

or who has been his counselor? ⁴ 

11:35 Or who has first given to God, ⁵ 

that God ⁶  needs to repay him? ⁷ 

11:36 For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever! Amen.

[9:18]  ¹ sn There is a double connective here that cannot be easily preserved in English: “consequently therefore,” emphasizing the conclusion of what he has been arguing.

[9:18]  ² tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:18]  ³ tn Grk “So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.”

[11:34]  ⁴ sn A quotation from Isa 40:13.

[11:35]  ⁵ tn Grk “him”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:35]  ⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:35]  ⁷ sn A quotation from Job 41:11.