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Woe to those who strive with their Maker,
    earthen vessels with the potter![a]
Does the clay say to the one who fashions it, “What are you making”?
    or “Your work has no handles”?(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 45.9 Cn: Heb with the potsherds or with the potters

“Woe to those who quarrel(A) with their Maker,(B)
    those who are nothing but potsherds(C)
    among the potsherds on the ground.
Does the clay say to the potter,(D)
    ‘What are you making?’(E)
Does your work say,
    ‘The potter has no hands’?(F)

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15 Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 20.15 Gk is your eye evil because I am good?

15 Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’(A)

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20 But who indeed are you, a human, to argue with God? Will what is molded say to the one who molds it, “Why have you made me like this?”(A)

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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)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:20 Isaiah 29:16; 45:9

21 Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one object for special use and another for ordinary use?(A)

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21 Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?(A)

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