Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Yet you, LORD, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand. New Living Translation And yet, O LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay, and you are the potter. We all are formed by your hand. English Standard Version But now, O LORD, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand. Berean Standard Bible But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand. King James Bible But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. New King James Version But now, O LORD, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand. New American Standard Bible But now, LORD, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter, And all of us are the work of Your hand. NASB 1995 But now, O LORD, You are our Father, We are the clay, and You our potter; And all of us are the work of Your hand. NASB 1977 But now, O LORD, Thou art our Father, We are the clay, and Thou our potter; And all of us are the work of Thy hand. Legacy Standard Bible But now, O Yahweh, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all of us are the work of Your hand. Amplified Bible Yet, O LORD, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our Potter, And we all are the work of Your hand. Christian Standard Bible Yet LORD, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we all are the work of your hands. Holman Christian Standard Bible Yet LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are our potter; we all are the work of Your hands. American Standard Version But now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Now, LORD JEHOVAH, you are our Father, we are clay, and you are our potter and we are, all of us, the work of your hands Brenton Septuagint Translation And now, O Lord, thou art our Father, and we are clay, all of us the work of thine hands. Contemporary English Version You, LORD, are our Father. We are nothing but clay, but you are the potter who molded us. Douay-Rheims Bible And now, O Lord, thou art our father, and we are clay: and thou art our maker, and we all are the works of thy hands. English Revised Version But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. GOD'S WORD® Translation But now, LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay, and you are our potter. We are the work of your hands. Good News Translation But you are our father, LORD. We are like clay, and you are like the potter. You created us, International Standard Version But as for you, O LORD, you are our Father; and we are clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hands. JPS Tanakh 1917 But now, O LORD, Thou art our Father; We are the clay, and Thou our potter, And we all are the work of Thy hand. Literal Standard Version And now, O YHWH, You [are] our Father, | We [are] the clay, and You [are] our Framer, | And the work of Your hand—all of us. Majority Standard Bible But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand. New American Bible Yet, LORD, you are our father; we are the clay and you our potter: we are all the work of your hand. NET Bible Yet, LORD, you are our father. We are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the product of your labor. New Revised Standard Version Yet, O LORD, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand. New Heart English Bible But now, LORD, you are our Father, and we are clay, and you are our potter; and we all are the work of your hands. Webster's Bible Translation But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. World English Bible But now, Yahweh, you are our Father. We are the clay and you our potter. We all are the work of your hand. Young's Literal Translation And now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father, We are the clay, and Thou our Framer, And the work of Thy hand -- all of us. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Prayer for God's Power…7No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity. 8But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand. 9Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people!… Cross References John 8:41 You are doing the works of your father." "We are not illegitimate children," they declared. "Our only Father is God Himself." Romans 9:20 But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, "Why did You make me like this?" Exodus 4:22 Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: 'Israel is My firstborn son, Job 10:3 Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked? Psalm 100:3 Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture. Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 19:25 The LORD of Hosts will bless them, saying, "Blessed be Egypt My people, Assyria My handiwork, and Israel My inheritance." Treasury of Scripture But now, O LORD, you are our father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand. thou art Isaiah 63:16 Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting. Exodus 4:22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn: Deuteronomy 32:6 Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee? are the clay Isaiah 29:16 Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding? Isaiah 45:9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands? Jeremiah 18:2-6 Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words… all are Isaiah 43:7 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him. Isaiah 44:21,24 Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me… Job 10:8,9 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me… Jump to Previous Angry Clay Ear Framer Hand Mind Potter Prayer Sins WorkJump to Next Angry Clay Ear Framer Hand Mind Potter Prayer Sins WorkIsaiah 64 1. The church prays for the illustration of God's power4. Celebrating God's mercy, it makes confession of their natural corruptions 9. It complains of their afflictions (8) We are the clay, and thou our potter . . .--Commonly, partly, perhaps, from St. Paul's application of the image in Romans 9:20-21, and Isaiah's own use of it in Isaiah 29:16, we associate the idea of the potter with that of simple arbitrary sovereignty. Here, however (as in Jeremiah 18:6), another aspect is presented to us, and the power of the Great Potter is made the ground of prayer. The "clay" entreats Him to fashion it according to His will, and has faith in His readiness, as well as His power, to comply with that prayer. The thought of the "potter" becomes, in this aspect of it, one with that of the Fatherhood of God.Verse 8. - But now, O Lord, thou art our Father (see the comment on Isaiah 63:16). We are the clay, and thou our Potter (comp. Isaiah 29:16; Isaiah 45:9). Thy hands have made us and fashioned us, both as individuals and as a nation. Thou hast lavished thy labour and thy skill upon us. Surely thou wilt not "forsake the work of thine own hands" (Psalm 138:8). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew But now,וְעַתָּ֥ה (wə·‘at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 6258: At this time O LORD, יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3069: YHWH You אָ֑תָּה (’āt·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you are our Father; אָבִ֣ינוּ (’ā·ḇî·nū) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural Strong's 1: Father we אֲנַ֤חְנוּ (’ă·naḥ·nū) Pronoun - first person common plural Strong's 587: We are the clay, הַחֹ֙מֶר֙ (ha·ḥō·mer) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2563: A bubbling up, of water, a wave, of earth, mire, clay, a heap, a chomer, dry measure and You וְאַתָּ֣ה (wə·’at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you are the potter; יֹצְרֵ֔נוּ (yō·ṣə·rê·nū) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | first person common plural Strong's 3335: To mould into a, form, as a, potter, to determine we are all כֻּלָּֽנוּ׃ (kul·lā·nū) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the work וּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה (ū·ma·‘ă·śêh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property of Your hand. יָדְךָ֖ (yā·ḏə·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 3027: A hand Links Isaiah 64:8 NIVIsaiah 64:8 NLT Isaiah 64:8 ESV Isaiah 64:8 NASB Isaiah 64:8 KJV Isaiah 64:8 BibleApps.com Isaiah 64:8 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 64:8 Chinese Bible Isaiah 64:8 French Bible Isaiah 64:8 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 64:8 But now Yahweh you are our Father (Isa Isi Is) |
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