Romans 9:19 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁹Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?

Romans 9:19 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 4:35
And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
2 Chronicles 20:6
And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?
1 Corinthians 15:35
But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
1 Corinthians 15:12
Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
Job 23:13-14
But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. …

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Atheism Attributes of God Chosen, or Elected Complaint Contingencies Decrees, Divine Discontentment

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 14-24)

The apostle, having asserted the true meaning of the promise, comes here to maintain and prove the absolute sovereignty of God, in disposing of the children of men, with reference to their eternal state. And herein God is to be considered, not as a rector and governor, distributing rewards and punishments according to his revealed laws and covenants, but as an owner and benefactor, giving to the c…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 19)

19. Thou shalt say then unto me, Why--“Why then” is the true reading. doth he yet find fault? for who hath resisted--“Who resisteth” his will?--that is, “This doctrine is incompatible with human responsibility”; If God chooses and rejects, pardons and punishes, whom He pleases, why are those blamed who, if rejected by Him, cannot help sinning and perishing? This objection shows quite as conclusive…