Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this?’” New Living Translation No, don’t say that. Who are you, a mere human being, to argue with God? Should the thing that was created say to the one who created it, “Why have you made me like this?” English Standard Version But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?” Berean Standard Bible 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?” Berean Literal Bible But rather, O man, who are you, answering against God? Shall the thing formed say to the One having formed it, "Why have you made me like this?" King James Bible 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? New King James Version But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?” New American Standard Bible On the contrary, who are you, you foolish person, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, “Why did you make me like this,” will it? NASB 1995 On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, “Why did you make me like this,” will it? NASB 1977 On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, “Why did you make me like this,” will it? Legacy Standard Bible On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? WILL THE THING MOLDED SAY TO THE MOLDER, “WHY DID YOU MAKE ME LIKE THIS”? Amplified Bible On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers [arrogantly] back to God and dares to defy Him? Will the thing which is formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?” Christian Standard Bible 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? ” Holman Christian Standard Bible But who are you, a mere man, to talk back to God? Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?” American Standard Version 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? Aramaic Bible in Plain English Therefore, who are you, oh son of man, that you give a rebuttal to God? Does the thing formed say to the one who formed it, “Why have you made me this way?” Contemporary English Version But, my friend, I ask, "Who do you think you are to question God? Does the clay have the right to ask the potter why he shaped it the way he did? Douay-Rheims Bible 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? English Revised Version 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? GOD'S WORD® Translation Who do you think you are to talk back to God like that? Can an object that was made say to its maker, "Why did you make me like this?" Good News Translation But who are you, my friend, to talk back to God? A clay pot does not ask the man who made it, "Why did you make me like this?" International Standard Version On the contrary, who are you—mere man that you are—to talk back to God? Can an object that was molded say to the one who molded it, "Why did you make me like this?" Literal Standard Version No, but, O man, who are you that are answering again to God? Will the thing formed say to Him who formed [it], Why did you make me thus? Majority Standard Bible 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?” New American Bible But who indeed are you, a human being, to talk back to God? Will what is made say to its maker, “Why have you created me so?” NET Bible But who indeed are you--a mere human being--to talk back to God? Does what is molded say to the molder, "Why have you made me like this?" New Revised Standard Version But who indeed are you, a human being, to argue with God? Will what is molded say to the one who molds it, “Why have you made me like this?” New Heart English Bible But who indeed are you, a human being, to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, "Why did you make me like this?" Webster's Bible Translation No, 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? Weymouth New Testament Nay, but who are you, a mere man, that you should cavil against GOD? Shall the thing moulded say to him who moulded it, "Why have you made me thus?" World English Bible But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?” Young's Literal Translation nay, but, O man, who art thou that art answering again to God? shall the thing formed say to Him who did form it, Why me didst thou make thus? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Calling of the Gentiles19One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?” 20But 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?” 21Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?… Cross References 2 Samuel 16:10 But the king replied, "What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses me because the LORD told him, 'Curse David,' who can ask, 'Why did you do this?'" Job 9:32 For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court. Job 33:13 Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks? Isaiah 10:15 Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood! Isaiah 29:16 You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, "He did not make me"? Can the pottery say of the potter, "He has no understanding"? Isaiah 45:9 Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker--one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, 'What are you making?' Does your work say, 'He has no hands'? Isaiah 64:8 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. Treasury of Scripture No but, O man, who are you that reply against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why have you made me thus? O man. Romans 2:1 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. Micah 6:8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? 1 Corinthians 7:16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife? who art. Job 33:13 Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters. Job 36:23 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity? Job 38:2,3 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? … repliest. Job 16:3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest? Titus 2:9 Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again; or, disputes with God? 1 Corinthians 1:20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 1 Timothy 6:5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. Shall. 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 45:9-11 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? … Jump to Previous Answers Aye Cavil Contrary Formed Indeed Mere MoldedJump to Next Answers Aye Cavil Contrary Formed Indeed Mere MoldedRomans 9 1. Paul is sorry for the Jews.7. All of Abraham not of the promise. 18. God's sovereignty. 25. The calling of the Gentiles and rejecting of the Jews, foretold. 32. The cause of their stumbling. (20) Nay but, O man.--The answer is not so much a solution of the intellectual difficulty, as an appeal to the religious sense to prevent it from being raised. That His dealings should be questioned at all is a breach of the reverence due to God.Verses 20, 21. - 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? (Isaiah 29:16; Isaiah 45:9). Hath not the potter power (rather, authority) over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? (Jeremiah 18:1-10). The figure of the clay, first introduced from Isaiah, is carried out at length in the passage from Jeremiah which is referred to. It is important, for understanding St. Paul's drift, to examine this passage. The prophet, in order that he might understand God's way of dealing with nations, is directed to go down to the potter's house, and watch the potter at his work. The potter is at work with a lump of clay, with the view of making a vessel of it; but it is "marred in the hand of the potter;" it does not come out into the form intended; so he rejects it, and makes anew another vessel after his mind, "as seemed good to the potter to make it." The prophet's application of the illustration is that, "as the clay is in the potter's hands, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel, saith the LORD;" meaning that if the house of Israel failed to answer to the LORD'S purpose, he could reject it at his pleasure, as the potter did the marred vessel; and in vers. 7-10 the view is extended to God's power over, and way of dealing with, all nations of mankind; and then, in ver. 11, the men of Judah are warned to return from their evil ways, lest the LORD should so do unto them. Thus it is by no means implied by the illustration that Israel, or any other nation, has been formed with the primary and irresistible purpose of rejecting it as a "vessel unto dishonour," or that, when rejected, it has not had opportunity of being otherwise; but only that God has absolute power and right over it, to reject it if proved unworthy. It cannot then resist his will (βούλημα, i.e. determination or resolve; not here θέλημα. The primary Divine θέλημα is "that all men should be saved, and come to a knowledge of the truth" (1 Timothy 2:4); and this men do resist. For distinction between θέλειν and Βούλεσθαι, cf. Matthew 1:19); but yet he may "find fault" with justice. It is here again evident that it is not individuals, but nations, that are in view all along. The apostle goes on next to consider whether, in God's actual dealings with the "vessels unto dishonour," there may not be, not only great forbearance, but also a merciful purpose. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Butμενοῦνγε (menounge) Particle Strong's 3304: Nay rather; indeed, truly, really. From Not Used and oun and ge; so then at least. who τίς (tis) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what. are you, εἶ (ei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. O ὦ (ō) Interjection Strong's 5599: A primary interjection; as a sign of the vocative case, O; as a note of exclamation, oh. man, ἄνθρωπε (anthrōpe) Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular Strong's 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being. to talk back ἀνταποκρινόμενος (antapokrinomenos) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 470: To contradict, reply against, give a hostile answer. From anti and apokrinomai; to contradict or dispute. to God? Θεῷ (Theō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. [Shall] μὴ (mē) Adverb Strong's 3361: Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether. what τὸ (to) Article - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. is formed πλάσμα (plasma) Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 4110: A thing formed or fashioned. From plasso; something moulded. say ἐρεῖ (erei) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2046: Probably a fuller form of rheo; an alternate for epo in certain tenses; to utter, i.e. Speak or say. to Him who τῷ (tō) Article - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. formed [it], πλάσαντι (plasanti) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 4111: To form, mould, as a potter his clay. A primary verb; to mould, i.e. Shape or fabricate. “Why Τί (Ti) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what. have you made ἐποίησας (epoiēsas) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular Strong's 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do. me με (me) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. like this?” οὕτως (houtōs) Adverb Strong's 3779: Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows). 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