Romans 9:21 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²¹ Or, does not the potter have the right to make what he wants to out of the clay? Can he not make both a beautiful vase and a common pot out of the same lump [of clay]?

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same mass (lump) one vessel for beauty and distinction and honorable use, and another for menial or ignoble and dishonorable use?

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ 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?

Common English Bible

²¹ Doesn’t the potter have the power over the clay to make one pot for special purposes and another for garbage from the same lump of clay?

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ And does not the potter have the authority over the clay to make, from the same material, indeed, one vessel unto honor, yet truly another unto disgrace?

Romans 9:21 Cross References

Acts 9:15

But the Lord replied to him, “Go on your way, for Saul is someone I have especially chosen to carry my name to the [unconverted] Gentiles, kings and the Israelites.

Romans 9:11

– See Verse 12

Romans 9:18

So then, God has pity on whomever He wants to, and He makes stubborn whomever He wants.

Romans 9:20

But who [do you think] you are, [you mere] man, to [attempt a] reply to God? Will the object formed [i.e., a clay pot] say to the one who molded it, “Why did you make me this way?”