Adonai works everything out for his own purpose— even the wicked for a day of disaster.
Romans 9:21 - Tree of Life Version Does the potter have no right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honor and another for common use? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same mass (lump) one vessel for beauty and distinction and honorable use, and another for menial or ignoble and dishonorable use? American Standard Version (1901) Or hath not the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor? Common English Bible Doesn’t the potter have the power over the clay to make one pot for special purposes and another for garbage from the same lump of clay? Catholic Public Domain Version And does not the potter have the authority over the clay to make, from the same material, indeed, one vessel unto honor, yet truly another unto disgrace? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Or hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump, to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? |
Adonai works everything out for his own purpose— even the wicked for a day of disaster.
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!
Oy , to one who quarrels with his Maker, like a pot among the pots of the earth! Shall the clay say to the potter, “What have you made?” Or does your work say, “It has no handles”?
Do not be angry much more, Adonai, or remember iniquity forever. Oh, please see, we are all Your people!
Is this man Coniah a despised, shattered pot— a jar with no delight in it? Why are he and his seed cast out into the land they do not know?
Israel has been swallowed up! Now they are among the nations, like an ornament with no delight in it.
But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a choice instrument to carry My name before nations and kings and Bnei-Yisrael.
Yet before the sons were even born and had not done anything good or bad—so that God’s purpose and choice might stand not because of works but because of Him who calls—
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?”