Jeremiah 18:6 - The Scriptures 2009

⁶ “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!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith Jehovah. Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are ye in my hand, O house of Israel.

Common English Bible

⁶ House of Israel, can’t I deal with you like this potter, declares the LORD? Like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in mine, house of Israel!

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ "Am I not able to do with you, O house of Israel, just as this potter has done, says the Lord? Behold, like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ Cannot I do with you, as this potterO house of Israel saith the Lord? Behold, as clay is in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.

Jeremiah 18:6 Cross References

Isaiah 45:9

“Woe to him who strives with his Maker! (a potsherd with the potsherds of the earth). Does clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’ Or your handiwork say, ‘He has no hands’?

Isaiah 64:8

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.

Jeremiah 18:4

And the vessel that he made of clay was ruined in the hand of the potter, so he remade it into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to do.

Jeremiah 18:5

Then the word of יהוה came to me, saying,

Daniel 4:23

“And as the sovereign saw a Watcher, even a set-apart one, coming down from the heavens, and he said, ‘Hew down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and bronze in the tender grass of the field. And let it be wet with the dew of the heavens, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him’ –

Matthew 20:15

Is it not right for me to do what I wish with my own? Or is your eye evil because I am good?’

Romans 11:34

“For who has known the mind of יהוה? Or who has become His counsellor?”