The king replied, ‘Sons of Zeruiah, do we agree on anything? He curses me this way because the Lord told him, “Curse David! ” Therefore, who can say, “Why did you do that? ” ’
Romans 9:20 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised On the contrary, who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this? ’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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? |
The king replied, ‘Sons of Zeruiah, do we agree on anything? He curses me this way because the Lord told him, “Curse David! ” Therefore, who can say, “Why did you do that? ” ’
Is there no end to your empty , words? What provokes you that you continue testifying?
Why do you take him to court for not answering anything a person asks?
Who has appointed his way for him, and who has declared, ‘You have done wrong’?
Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who argues with God give an answer.
I have spoken once, and I will not reply; twice, but now I can add nothing.
Would you really challenge my justice? Would you declare me guilty to justify yourself?
For he is not a man like me, that I can answer him, that we can take each other to court.
Does an axe exalt itself above the one who chops with it? Does a saw magnify itself above the one who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the ones who lift it! It would be like a staff lifting the one who isn’t wood!
You have turned things around, as if the potter were the same as the clay. How can what is made say about its maker, ‘He didn’t make me’? How can what is formed say about the one who formed it, ‘He doesn’t understand what he’s doing’?
Yet Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we all are the work of your hands.
‘House of Israel, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? ’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration. ‘Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.
All the inhabitants of the earth are counted as nothing, and he does what he wants with the army of heaven and the inhabitants of the earth. There is no one who can block his hand or say to him, ‘What have you done? ’
Mankind, he has told each of you what is good and what it is the Lord requires of you: to act justly, to love faithfulness, and to walk humbly with your God.
Don’t I have the right to do what I want with what is mine? Are you jealous because I’m generous? ” ,
‘Friend,’ he said to him, ‘who appointed me a judge or arbitrator over you? ’
Who are you to judge another’s household servant? Before his own Lord he stands or falls. And he will stand, because the Lord is able to make him stand.
Therefore, every one of you , who judges is without excuse. For when you judge another, you condemn yourself, since you, the judge, do the same things.
Do you think #– #anyone of you who judges those who do such things yet do the same #– #that you will escape God’s judgement?
Or has the potter no right over the clay, to make from the same lump one piece of pottery for honour and another for dishonour?
And what if God, wanting to display his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath prepared for destruction?
Where is the one who is wise? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn’t God made the world’s wisdom foolish?
Wife, for all you know, you might save your husband. Husband, for all you know, you might save your wife.
and constant disagreement among people whose minds are depraved and deprived of the truth, who imagine that godliness is a way to material gain. ,
Now in a large house there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also those of wood and clay; some for honourable use and some for dishonourable. ,
Slaves are to submit to their masters in everything, and to be well-pleasing, not talking back
Senseless person! Are you willing to learn that faith without works is useless?