Romans 9:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Μενοῦνγε, ὦ ἄνθρωπε, σὺ τίς εἶ ὁ ἀνταποκρινόμενος τῷ Θεῷ; Μὴ ἐρεῖ τὸ πλάσμα τῷ πλάσαντι, Τί με ἐποίησας οὕτως;

Transliteration

Menounge, O anthrōpe, you who are ei the antapokrinomenos to Theō? Mē erei the plasma to the plasanti, Why me epoiēsas thus?

Grammar Details

• *Menounge*: particle - on the contrary/rather/indeed
• *anthrōpe*: vocative, masculine, singular - O man
• *ei*: present, indicative, 2nd person singular - you are
• *antapokrinomenos*: present, participle, middle, nominative, masculine, singular - answering back
• *Theō*: dative, masculine, singular - to God
• *Mē*: negative particle [introduces question expecting negative answer]
• *erei*: future, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - will say
• *plasma*: nominative, neuter, singular - thing formed/creation
• *plasanti*: aorist, participle, active, dative, masculine, singular - to the one having formed
• *epoiēsas*: aorist, indicative, active, 2nd person singular - you made

Word Meanings

• *Menounge*: on the contrary/rather/indeed
• *anthrōpe*: man/human/mortal
• *antapokrinomenos*: answering back/talking back/disputing
• *plasma*: thing formed/creation/vessel
• *plasanti*: to the one having formed/to the maker/to the creator
• *epoiēsas*: you made/created/fashioned

Referenced Verses

• Isa 29:16 : 16 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?
• Isa 45:9-9 : 9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands? 10 Woe unto him that saith unto a father, What begettest thou? or to a woman, With what travailest thou? 11 Thus saith Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: Ask me of the things that are to come; concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands, command ye me.
• Isa 64:8 : 8 But now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
• Job 33:13 : 13 Why dost thou strive against him, For that he giveth not account of any of his matters?
• Job 36:23 : 23 Who hath enjoined him his way? Or who can say, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness?
• Job 38:2-3 : 2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge? 3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; For I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
• Job 40:2 : 2 Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.
• Job 16:3 : 3 Shall vain words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?
• Job 42:2-6 : 2 I know that thou canst do all things, And that no purpose of thine can be restrained. 3 Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. 4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 5 I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee: 6 Wherefore I abhor [myself], And repent in dust and ashes.
• 1 Tim 6:5 : 5 wranglings of men corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, supposing that godliness is a way of gain.
• Titus 2:9 : 9 [None Exhort] servants to be in subjection to their own masters, [and] to be well-pleasing None [to them] in all things; not gainsaying;
• Jas 2:20 : 20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is barren?
• Job 40:5 : 5 Once have I spoken {(H8765)}, and I will not answer: Yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
• Job 40:8 : 8 Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?
• Mic 6:8 : 8 He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?
• Matt 20:15 : 15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? or is thine eye evil, because I am good?
• Rom 2:1 : 1 Wherefore thou art without excuse, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein {G3739} thou judges another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost practise the same things.
• 1 Cor 1:20 : 20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
• 1 Cor 7:16 : 16 For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? Or how knowest thou, O husband, whether thou shalt save thy wife?