Isaiah 45:9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
9 Woe to anyone who contends with their Maker;(A)
a potsherd among potsherds of the earth![a]
Shall the clay say to the potter, “What are you doing?”
or, “What you are making has no handles”?
Footnotes
- 45:9 No one may challenge God’s freedom of action, exemplified here by the selection of Cyrus as his anointed.
Isaiah 45:9
King James Version
9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
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Jeremiah 18:6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
6 Can I not do to you, house of Israel, as this potter has done?—oracle of the Lord. Indeed, like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.(A)
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Jeremiah 18:6
New International Version
6 He said, “Can I not do with you, Israel, as this potter does?” declares the Lord. “Like clay(A) in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand,(B) Israel.
Jeremiah 18:6
King James Version
6 O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
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Romans 9:20
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
20 But who indeed are you, a human being, to talk back to God?(A) Will what is made say to its maker, “Why have you created me so?”
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Romans 9:20
New International Version
20 But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God?(A) “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it,(B) ‘Why did you make me like this?’”[a](C)
Footnotes
- Romans 9:20 Isaiah 29:16; 45:9
Romans 9:20
King James Version
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?
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