But the king said, “What have I to do with you, sons of Zeruiah? If he curses, it’s because Adonai has said to him, ‘Curse David!’ So who should say, ‘Why did you do so?’”
Romans 9:20 - Tree of Life Version But who in the world are you, O man, who talks 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? |
But the king said, “What have I to do with you, sons of Zeruiah? If he curses, it’s because Adonai has said to him, ‘Curse David!’ So who should say, ‘Why did you do so?’”
Why do you contend against Him that He does not answer all His words.
“Will the one who contends with Shaddai correct him? Let him who accuses God answer!”
“Would you really annul My judgment? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
For He is not a human being, like I am, that I could answer Him, that we could go to court together.
Should the axe boast against the One who chops with it? Should the saw magnify itself against the One who wields it? It would be like a rod waving the One who lifts it, or like a staff hoisting up the One who is not wood!
Your perversity! Should the potter be regarded the same as the clay? Should the thing made say to its maker, “You did not make me”? Or the thing formed say of its former, “You have no understanding?”
Do not be angry much more, Adonai, or remember iniquity forever. Oh, please see, we are all Your people!
“O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter does?” declares Adonai. “Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.
He has told you, humanity, what is good, and what Adonai is seeking from you: Only to practice justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
Am I not permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or is your eye evil because I am good?’
But Yeshua said to him, “Man, who made Me a judge or arbitrator over you?”
Who are you to judge another’s servant? Before his own master he stands or falls. Yes, he shall stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
Therefore you are without excuse, O man—every one of you who is judging. For by whatever you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things.
But you, O man—judging those practicing such things yet doing the same—do you suppose that you will escape the judgment of God?
Does the potter have no right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honor and another for common use?
Now what if God, willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath designed for destruction?
Where is the wise one? Where is the Torah scholar? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn’t God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
and constant friction between people corrupted in mind and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain.
Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay—some for honor and some for common use.
Urge slaves to submit themselves to their own masters in all things, well-pleasing and not back-talking,
But do you want to know, you empty person, that faith without works is dead?