Romans 9:20 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁰ 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?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ 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

²⁰ 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)

²⁰ 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

²⁰ 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

²⁰ 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

²⁰ 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?

Romans 9:20 Cross References

2 Samuel 16:10

And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? Because he curseth, and because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David; who then shall say, Wherefore hast thou done so?

Job 16:3

Shall vain words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?

Job 33:13

Why dost thou strive against him? For he giveth not account of any of his matters

Job 36:23

Who hath enjoined him his way? Or who can say, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness?

Job 40:2

Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.

Job 40:5

Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; Yea twice, but I will proceed no further

Job 40:8

Wilt thou even disannul my judgement? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?

Job 9:32

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgement.

Isaiah 10:15

Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if a rod should shake them that lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up him that is not wood.

Isaiah 29:16

Ye turn things upside down! Shall the potter be counted as clay; that the thing made should say of him that made it, He made me not; or the thing framed say of him that framed it, He hath no understanding?

Isaiah 64:8

But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

Jeremiah 18:6

O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.

Daniel 4:35

And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?

Micah 6:8

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Matthew 20:15

Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? or is thine eye evil, because I am good?

Luke 12:14

But he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?

Romans 14:4

Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? to his own lord he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be made to stand; for the Lord hath power to make him stand.

Romans 2:1

Wherefore thou art without excuse, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost practise the same things.

Romans 2:3

And reckonest thou this, O man, who judgest them that practise such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgement of God?

Romans 9:21

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

Romans 9:22

What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering vessels of wrath fitted unto destruction:

1 Corinthians 1:20

Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

1 Corinthians 7:16

For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O husband, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

1 Timothy 6:5

wranglings of men corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, supposing that godliness is a way of gain.

2 Timothy 2:20

Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some unto honour, and some unto dishonour.

Titus 2:9

Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing to them in all things; not gainsaying;

James 2:20

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is barren?