Verse 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?

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"?

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  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'?

• biblecontext

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• 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?

• 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 then to me, Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will? 20 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? 21 Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?
• Ps 94:8-9 : 8 Understand, you senseless among the people: and you fools, when will you be wise? 9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
• 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.
• Jer 18:1-9 : 1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 2 Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause you to hear my words. 3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he was working on the wheels. 4 And 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. 5 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 6 O 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. 7 At any moment I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; 8 If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turns from their evil, I will relent of the evil that I thought to do to them. 9 And at any moment I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; 10 If it does evil in my sight, so that it does not obey my voice, then I will relent of the good with which I said I would benefit them.
• Acts 17:6 : 6 And when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brothers to the rulers of the city, crying, These who have turned the world upside down have come here too;
• Isa 24:1 : 1 Behold, the LORD makes the earth empty and makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters abroad its inhabitants.