Verse 16

You turn things upside down, as if the potter were thought to be like the clay! Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, 'You did not make me'? Can the pot say to the potter, 'You know nothing'?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Dere forvrenger ting! Skal pottemakeren ansees som leire? Skal verket si til sin skaper: 'Han har ikke laget meg,' og verket si til sin formidler: 'Han forstår ingenting'?

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Sannelig, deres vendte ting skal bli regnet som pottemakerens leire: for skal verket si om ham som laget det: Han laget meg ikke? Eller skal det formede si om ham som formet det: Han har ingen innsikt?

• Norsk King James

  Sikkert skal deres vridning av ting bli vurdert som leire hos pottemakeren; for kan ikke verket si til ham som laget det: 'Han laget meg ikke?' eller kan ikke tingen som er formet si til ham som formet det: 'Han mangler forståelse?'

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Å, deres snudde tankegang! Skal pottemakeren regnes som leiren? Kan det som er formet si om han som formet det: «Han gjorde meg ikke,» eller kan det som er dannet si til han som dannet det: «Han forstår ikke»?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Å, hvor forvridd! Skal pottemakeren regnes som leire? Skal noe som er skapt si om sin skaper: Han har ikke laget meg, eller si, Han har ingen forstand?

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Kan det ikke sies at deres omsnuing vil bli vurdert som leirens leire? For skal verket si om den som laget det, 'Han laget meg ikke'? Eller skal det formes si om ham som formet det, 'Han hadde ingen forstand'?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Sannelig, deres omveltninger vil bli betraktet som pottemakerens leire: Skal ikke den som laget den si: 'Jeg lagde den ikke'? Eller skal det formede si om den som formet det: 'Han hadde ingen innsikt'?

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Kan det ikke sies at deres omsnuing vil bli vurdert som leirens leire? For skal verket si om den som laget det, 'Han laget meg ikke'? Eller skal det formes si om ham som formet det, 'Han hadde ingen forstand'?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Deres perversitet! Skal pottemakeren betraktes som leire? Skal det lages si til sin skaper: "Han har ikke laget meg," eller det som formes si til sin former: "Han forstår det ikke"?

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Hvor forvrengt deres tenkning er! Skal pottemakerens leire betraktes som pottemakeren? Skal det som blir formet si til ham som formet det: 'Han laget meg ikke'? Eller det formede si til ham som formet det: 'Han har ingen innsikt'?

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  (O) eders forvendte Handel! mon Pottemageren skal agtes som Leer, at Gjerningen kunde sige om den, som gjorde den: Han haver ikke gjort mig? eller det, som er dannet, kunde sige til den, som dannede det: Han forstod det ikke?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Sannelig, deres omveltning skal bedømmes som pottemakerens leire. Kan verket si om sin skaper: Han har ikke skapt meg? Eller kan det formede si om ham som formet det: Han har ingen forståelse?

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay; for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Dere snur tingene på hodet! Skal pottemakeren bli betraktet som leiren; at det som er laget skulle si om ham som laget det, Han laget meg ikke; eller det dannede si om han som dannet det, Han har ingen forståelse?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Deres vrange forestillinger! Skal pottemakeren anses som leire? At verket sier om sin skaper, 'Han har ikke laget meg?' Og det som er formet sier om sin former, 'Han har ingen forstand?'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Dere snur ting opp ned! Skal pottemakeren bli regnet som leire, at det som er laget skal si om ham som laget det: Han har ikke laget meg; eller det som er formet, si om han som formet det: Han har ingen forståelse?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Dere snur ting på hodet! Er leiren det samme for dere som den som former den? Vil det som er laget si om den som laget det, Han laget meg ikke: eller vil det som er formet si om han som ga det form, Han har ingen kunnskap?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Which ymaginacion of yours is euen as when the potters claye taketh advisemet, as though the worke might saye to ye worke master: make me not, or as when an erthen vessel saieth of the potter: he vnderstondeth not.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Your turning of deuises shal it not be esteemed as the potters clay? for shall the worke say of him that made it, Hee made me not? or the thing formed, say of him that facioned it, He had none vnderstanding?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Doubtlesse your destruction is in reputation as the potters clay: And doth the worke say of hym that made it, he made not me? And doth an earthen vessell say of hym that fashioned it, he had no vnderstanding?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You turn things upside down! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that the thing made should say of him who made it, He didn't make me; or the thing formed say of him who formed it, He has no understanding?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Your perversion! as clay is the potter esteemed? That the work saith of its maker, `He hath not made me?' And the framed thing said of its framer, `He did not understand?'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Ye turn things upside down! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that the thing made should say of him that made it, He made me not; or the thing formed say of him that formed it, He hath no understanding?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  You are turning things upside down! Is the wet earth the same to you as the one who is forming it? will the thing made say of him who made it, He made me not: or the thing formed say of him who gave it form, He has no knowledge?

• World English Bible (2000)

  You turn things upside down! Should the potter be thought to be like clay; that the thing made should say about him who made it, "He didn't make me;" or the thing formed say of him who formed it, "He has no understanding?"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Your thinking is perverse! Should the potter be regarded as clay? Should the thing made say about its maker,“He didn’t make me”? Or should the pottery say about the potter,“He doesn’t understand”?

Referenced Verses

• Rom 9:19-21 : 19 You will say to me then, 'Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?' 20 But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its maker, 'Why have you made me like this?' 21 Does not the potter have the right over the clay to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?
• Ps 94:8-9 : 8 Understand this, you brutish people! Fools, when will you understand? 9 Does He who formed the ear not hear? Does He who formed the eye not see?
• Isa 45:9-9 : 9 Woe to those who strive with their Maker, like a piece of pottery among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you making?’ or ‘Your work has no handles’? 10 Woe to those who say to a father, ‘What have you begotten?’ or to a mother, ‘What have you brought forth?’ 11 This is what the LORD, the Holy One of Israel and its Maker, says: ‘Concerning things to come, ask me, and concerning my children and the work of my hands, you command me?’
• Isa 64:8 : 8 Do not be exceedingly angry, LORD, and do not remember our sins forever. Behold us, we are all your people.
• Jer 18:1-9 : 1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying: 2 “Rise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will let you hear My words.” 3 So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was working at the wheel. 4 But the vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter’s hand, so he remade it into another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make. 5 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 6 “Can I not do with you, O house of Israel, as this potter does?” declares the Lord. “Behold, like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel. 7 At any moment I might speak concerning a nation or a kingdom, to uproot it, tear it down, or destroy it. 8 But if that nation I have warned repents of its evil, then I will relent concerning the disaster I had planned to bring upon it. 9 And at another moment I might speak concerning a nation or kingdom, to build it up or to plant it. 10 But if it does evil in My sight by not listening to My voice, then I will relent concerning the good I had promised to bless it with.
• Acts 17:6 : 6 When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some other believers before the city rulers, shouting, 'These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here too.'
• Isa 24:1 : 1 Behold, the Lord lays the earth waste, devastates it, distorts its surface, and scatters its inhabitants.