And the sovereign said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Tseruyah? For let him curse, even because יהוה has said to him, ‘Curse Dawiḏ.’ And who should say, ‘Why did you do that?’ ”
Romans 9:20 - The Scriptures 2009 But who are you, O man, to talk back to Elohim? Shall that which is formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?” Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But who are you, a mere man, to criticize and contradict and answer back to God? Will what is formed say to him that formed it, Why have you made me thus? [Isa. 29:16; 45:9.] American Standard Version (1901) 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? Common English Bible You are only a human being. Who do you think you are to talk back to God? “Does the clay say to the potter,” “Why did you make me like this?” Catholic Public Domain Version O man, who are you to question God? How can the thing that has been formed say to the One who formed him: "Why have you made me this way?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it: Why hast thou made me thus? |
And the sovereign said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Tseruyah? For let him curse, even because יהוה has said to him, ‘Curse Dawiḏ.’ And who should say, ‘Why did you do that?’ ”
Is there an end to words of wind? Or what provokes you that you answer?
Why have you complained against Him? Because He does not answer all His matters?
Who has appointed Him His way, or who has said, ‘You have worked unrighteousness’?
“Should a reprover contend with the Almighty? Let him who reproves Eloah answer it.”
Once I have spoken, but I have no answer – and twice, but I say no more.”
Would you also set aside My judgment? Would you pronounce Me wrong, and you be declared righteous?
For He is not a man as I am that I answer Him, and we come together into right-ruling.
Would the axe boast itself over him who chops with it, or the saw exalt itself over him who saws with it? As a rod waving those who lift it up! As a staff lifting up that which is not wood!
How perverse of you! Should the potter be reckoned as the clay? Should what is made say of its Maker, “He did not make me”? And what is formed say of Him who formed it, “He did not understand”?
And now, O יהוה, You are our Father. We are the clay, and You our potter. And we are all the work of Your hand.
“O house of Yisra’ĕl, am I not able to do with you as this potter?” declares יהוה. “Look, as the clay is in the hand of the potter, so are you in My hand, O house of Yisra’ĕl!
And all the inhabitants of the earth are of no account, and He does as He wishes with the host of the heavens and among the inhabitants of the earth. And there is none to strike against His hand or say to Him, “What have You done?”
He has declared to you, O man, what is good. And what does יהוה require of you but to do right, and to love loving-commitment, and to walk humbly with your Elohim?
Is it not right for me to do what I wish with my own? Or is your eye evil because I am good?’
But He said to him, “Man, who made Me a judge or divider over you?”
Who are you that judges another’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. But he shall be made to stand, for Elohim is able to make him stand.
Therefore, O man, you are without excuse, everyone who judges, for in which you judge another you condemn yourself, since you who judge practise the same wrongs.
And do you think, O man, you who judge those practising such wrongs, and doing the same, that you shall escape the judgment of Elohim?
Does not the potter have authority over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for value and another not for value?
And if Elohim, desiring to show wrath, and to make His power known, with much patience tolerated the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
Where is the wise? Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age? Has not Elohim made foolish the wisdom of this world?
For how do you know, O wife, whether you shall save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you shall save your wife?
worthless disputes of men of corrupt minds and deprived of the truth, who think that reverence is a means of gain – withdraw from such.
But in a large house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some unto value and some unto no value.
Servants should be subject to their own masters, to be well-pleasing in every way, not back-talking,
But do you wish to know, O foolish man, that the belief without the works is dead?