then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being.
Job 33:6 - New Revised Standard Version See, before God I am as you are; I too was formed from a piece of clay. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Behold, I am toward God and before Him even as you are; I also am formed out of the clay [though I speak with abnormal wisdom because of a divine illumination]. American Standard Version (1901) Behold, I am toward God even as thou art: I also am formed out of the clay. Common English Bible Notice that I’m just like you to God; I also was pinched from clay. Catholic Public Domain Version Behold, God has made me, just as he also has made you, and I, likewise, have been formed of the same clay. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Behold, God hath made me as well as thee, and of the same clay I also was formed. |
then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being.
By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
Jacob became very angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”
Remember that you fashioned me like clay; and will you turn me to dust again?
Your maxims are proverbs of ashes, your defenses are defenses of clay.
But I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.
In full sufficiency they will be in distress; all the force of misery will come upon them.
Oh, that I had one to hear me! (Here is my signature! let the Almighty answer me!) Oh, that I had the indictment written by my adversary!
how much more those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth.
He indeed shall speak for you to the people; he shall serve as a mouth for you, and you shall serve as God for him.
But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that it may be made clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.
For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.