Isaiah 45:9

A Conservative Version

Woe to him who strives with his maker, a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashions it, What are thou making? or thy work, He has no hands?

Cross References

Isaiah 64:8

But now, O LORD, thou are our Father. We are the clay, and thou our potter, and we are all the work of thy hand.

Jeremiah 18:6

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

Isaiah 29:16

Ye turn things upside down! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay, that the thing made should say of him who made it, He did not make me, or the thing formed say of him who formed it, He has no understanding?

Isaiah 10:15

Shall the axe boast itself against him who hews with it? Shall the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? As if a rod should wield those who lift it up, [or] as if a staff should lift up [him who is] not wood.

Proverbs 21:30

There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against LORD.

Jeremiah 50:24

I have laid a snare for thee, and thou are also taken, O Babylon, and thou were not aware. Thou are found, and also caught, because thou have striven against LORD.

1 Corinthians 10:22

Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?

Job 9:12

Behold, he seizes; who can hinder him? Who will say to him, What are thou doing?

Job 33:13

Why do thou strive against him because he does not give of any of his matters?

Job 40:2

Shall he who quibbles contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.

Ecclesiastes 6:10

Whatever has been, the name of it was given long ago, and it is know what man is. Neither can he contend with him who is mightier than he.

Isaiah 45:10

Woe to him who says to a father, What are thou begetting? or to a woman, With what are thou travailing?

Jeremiah 36:29

And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah thou shall say, Thus says LORD: Thou have burned this roll, saying, Why have thou written in it, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to ceas

Daniel 4:35

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

Job 9:4

[He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?

Job 10:9

Remember, I beseech thee, that thou have fashioned me as clay. And will thou bring me into dust again?

Isaiah 64:7

And there is none who calls upon thy name, who stirs himself up to take hold of thee. For thou have hid thy face from us, and have consumed us through our iniquities.