Romans 9:21

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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?

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Or hath{G2192} not{G3756} the potter{G2763} a right{G1849} over the clay,{G4081} from the same{G846} lump{G5445} to{G1519} make{G4160} one{G3303} part a vessel{G4632} unto{G1519} honor,{G5092} and{G1161} another{G3739} unto{G1519} dishonor?{G819}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    {G2228} Hath{G2192}{(G5719)} not{G3756} the potter{G2763} power{G1849} over the clay{G4081}, of{G1537} the same{G846} lump{G5445} to{G3739}{G3303} make{G4160}{(G5658)} one vessel{G4632} unto{G1519} honour{G5092}, and{G1161} another{G3739} unto{G1519} dishonour{G819}?

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Hath not the potter power over the claye even of the same lompe to make one vessell vnto honoure and a nother vnto dishonoure?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Hath not the potter power, out of one lompe of claye to make one vessell vnto honoure, and another vnto dishonoure?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Hath not the potter power of the clay to make of the same lumpe one vessell to honour, and another vnto dishonour?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Hath not the potter power ouer the clay, euen of the same lumpe to make one vessel vnto honour, and another vnto dishonour?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Or hasn't the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    hath not the potter authority over the clay, out of the same lump to make the one vessel to honour, and the one to dishonour?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Or hath not the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Or hath not the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Or has not the potter the right to make out of one part of his earth a vessel for honour, and out of another a vessel for shame?

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Or hasn't the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use?

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 64:8 : 8 Do not be exceedingly angry, LORD, and do not remember our sins forever. Behold us, we are all your people.
  • Acts 9:15 : 15 But the Lord said to him, "Go, for this man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before Gentiles, kings, and the sons of Israel.
  • 2 Tim 2:20-21 : 20 In a large house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay; some are for honorable use and some for dishonorable. 21 If anyone cleanses themselves from the latter, they will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.
  • Prov 16:4 : 4 The Lord has made everything for its purpose—even the wicked for the day of disaster.
  • Rom 9:11 : 11 Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad—in order that God’s purpose in election might stand,
  • Rom 9:18 : 18 So then, he has mercy on whom he wills, and he hardens whom he wills.
  • Rom 9:22-23 : 22 What if God, wishing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath prepared for destruction? 23 And what if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of mercy, whom he prepared beforehand for glory—
  • Jer 18:3-6 : 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.
  • Jer 22:28 : 28 Is this man Coniah a despised and shattered pot, an object no one cares for? Why are he and his descendants hurled out and cast into a land they do not know?
  • Hos 8:8 : 8 Israel is swallowed up; now they are among the nations like something worthless.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Rom 9:14-20
    7 verses
    84%

    14 What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not!

    15 For he says to Moses, 'I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.'

    16 So then, it does not depend on human desire or effort but on God’s mercy.

    17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: 'I raised you up for this very purpose, so that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.'

    18 So then, he has mercy on whom he wills, and he hardens whom he wills.

    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?'

  • Jer 18:2-7
    6 verses
    83%

    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.

  • Rom 9:22-23
    2 verses
    79%

    22 What if God, wishing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath prepared for destruction?

    23 And what if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of mercy, whom he prepared beforehand for glory—

  • 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'?

  • Isa 45:9-10
    2 verses
    78%

    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?’

  • 75%

    20 In a large house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay; some are for honorable use and some for dishonorable.

    21 If anyone cleanses themselves from the latter, they will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.

  • 8 Do not be exceedingly angry, LORD, and do not remember our sins forever. Behold us, we are all your people.

  • Job 10:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8 Your hands shaped me and made me, yet now You destroy me completely.

    9 Remember, You fashioned me from clay; will You now return me to dust?

  • 14 'Its collapse will be like that of a jar shattered into pieces so small that no fragment can be used to scoop fire from the hearth or draw water from a cistern.'

  • 20 Can people make their own gods? Such gods are not gods at all!

  • 7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

  • 17 Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be purer than his Maker?

  • 10 Who fashions a god or casts an idol that can profit nothing?

  • 50 Did not my hand make all these things?

  • 15 Did not the same One who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same God form us both within our mothers?

  • 6 Look, I am like you before God; I too was formed from clay.

  • 18 To whom, then, will you compare God? What image can you find to resemble Him?

  • 14 The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its features stand out like a garment.

  • 66%

    9 You will break them with an iron rod; You will shatter them like a potter's vessel.

  • 4 Who are you to judge someone else's servant? To their own Master they stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand.

  • 7 For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?

  • 11 Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad—in order that God’s purpose in election might stand,

  • Isa 41:24-25
    2 verses
    65%

    24 Look, you are nothing, and your works are less than nothing; anyone who chooses you is an abomination.

    25 I have stirred up someone from the north, and he has come; from the rising of the sun, he calls on my name. He treads rulers as if they were clay, like a potter trampling the mud.

  • 28 God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are,

  • 19 How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!

  • 21 The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, but a person is tested by their praise.

  • 16 Behold, I have created the smith who blows the coals in the fire and produces a weapon fit for its purpose; and I have also created the destroyer to ruin.

  • 4 He is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has resisted Him and remained unharmed?

  • 28 Is this man Coniah a despised and shattered pot, an object no one cares for? Why are he and his descendants hurled out and cast into a land they do not know?

  • 2 The precious children of Zion, worth their weight in fine gold, how they are regarded as earthen vessels, the work of a potter's hands!