Romans 9:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Shall the thing formed say to Him who formed it, Why have you made me like this?

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  • Isa 29:16 : 16 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?
  • Isa 45:9-9 : 9 Woe to him who strives with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him who forms it, What are you making? or shall your work say, He has no hands? 10 Woe to him who says to his father, What are you begetting? or to the woman, What have you brought forth? 11 Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask Me of things to come concerning My sons, and concerning the work of My hands, you command Me.
  • Isa 64:8 : 8 But now, O LORD, you are our father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand.
  • Job 33:13 : 13 Why do you strive against Him? For He does not give account of any of His matters.
  • Job 36:23 : 23 Who has ordered him his way? or who can say, You have done wrong?
  • Job 38:2-3 : 2 Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? 3 Gird up now your loins like a man; for I will demand of you, and you will answer Me.
  • Job 40:2 : 2 Shall he who contends with the Almighty instruct him? He who reproves God, let him answer it.
  • Job 16:3 : 3 Will vain words ever end? Or what makes you bold enough to answer?
  • Job 42:2-6 : 2 I know that You can do everything, and that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You. 3 Who is he who hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. 4 Listen, I beseech You, and I will speak: I will question You, and You declare to me. 5 I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees You. 6 Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
  • 1 Tim 6:5 : 5 Useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself.
  • Titus 2:9 : 9 Exhort servants to be obedient to their own masters, and to please them well in all things, not answering back;
  • Jas 2:20 : 20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?
  • Job 40:5 : 5 Once have I spoken, but I will not answer; yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.
  • Job 40:8 : 8 Will you also annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
  • Mic 6:8 : 8 He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you, but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
  • Matt 20:15 : 15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? Is your eye evil, because I am good?
  • Rom 2:1 : 1 Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are that judges: for in what you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge do the same things.
  • 1 Cor 1:20 : 20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
  • 1 Cor 7:16 : 16 For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?

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    14What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.

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

    16So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.

    17For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show My power in you, and that My name might be declared throughout all the earth.

    18Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He hardens.

    19You will say then to me, Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will?

  • Rom 9:21-22
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    21Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?

    22What if God, willing to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction:

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    9Woe to him who strives with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him who forms it, What are you making? or shall your work say, He has no hands?

    10Woe to him who says to his father, What are you begetting? or to the woman, What have you brought forth?

  • Isa 29:16
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    16Surely 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?

  • Job 10:8-9
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    8Your hands have made and fashioned me together all around; yet You destroy me.

    9Remember, I beseech You, that You have made me as the clay; and will You bring me into dust again?

  • Job 4:17
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    17Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his maker?

  • Jer 16:20
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    20Shall a man make gods for himself, which are not gods?

  • Jer 18:4-6
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    4And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again into another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

    5Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

    6O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter? says the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.

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    2Shall he who contends with the Almighty instruct him? He who reproves God, let him answer it.

  • Job 33:5-6
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    5If you can answer me, prepare your words before me, stand up.

    6Behold, I am in your place before God; I also am formed out of clay.

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    18To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?

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    14What then shall I do when God rises up? When He visits, what shall I answer Him?

    15Did not He that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?

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    8Will you also annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

    9Do you have an arm like God, or can you thunder with a voice like him?

  • Job 36:23
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    23Who has ordered him his way? or who can say, You have done wrong?

  • Job 15:13
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    13That you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?

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    13Why do you strive against Him? For He does not give account of any of His matters.

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    50Has not my hand made all these things?

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    10Who has formed a god, or cast a carved image that is profitable for nothing?

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    17What is man, that you should magnify him, and that you should set your heart upon him?

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    32For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, and we should come together in judgment.

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    8But now, O LORD, you are our father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand.

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    3Gird up now your loins like a man; for I will demand of you, and you will answer Me.

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    3And do you think this, O man, who judges those who do such things, and do the same, that you shall escape the judgment of God?

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    2I will say to God, Do not condemn me; show me why You contend with me.

    3Is it good to You that You should oppress, that You should despise the work of Your hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

    4Do You have eyes of flesh? Or do You see as man sees?

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    14How much less shall I answer Him, and choose my words to argue with Him?

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    4To whom have you uttered words? And whose spirit came from you?

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    31Who will declare his way to his face? And who will repay him for what he has done?

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    5To whom will you liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be alike?