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Romans 9:20

WEB

20But 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?”

KJV

20Nay 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?

BSB

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?”

FBV

20[+] That's no way to speak, for who are youa mere mortal—to contradict God? Can something that is created say to its creator, “Why did you make me like this?”

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References

Isaiah 29:16
16You turn things upside down! Should the potter be thought to be like clay, that the thing made should say about him who made it, “He didn’t make me;” or the thing formed say of him who formed it, “He has no understanding”?

Isaiah 45:9
9Woe to him who strives with his Maker a clay pot among the clay pots of the earth! Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, ‘What are you making?’ or your work, ‘He has no hands’?

Extra References

Isaiah 29:16

16You turn things upside down! Should the potter be thought to be like clay, that the thing made should say about him who made it, “He didn’t make me;” or the thing formed say of him who formed it, “He has no understanding”?


Isaiah 45:9-11

9Woe to him who strives with his Maker a clay pot among the clay pots of the earth! Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, ‘What are you making?’ or your work, ‘He has no hands’? 10Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What have you become the father of?’ or to a mother, ‘What have you given birth to?’” 11The LORD, the Holy One of Israel and his Maker says: You ask me about the things that are to come, concerning my sons, and you command me concerning the work of my hands!


Isaiah 64:8

8But now, LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay and you our potter. We all are the work of your hand.


Job 33:13

13Why do you strive against him, because he doesn’t give account of any of his matters?


Job 40:2

2“Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”


Matthew 20:15

15Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’


Job 36:23

23Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, ‘You have committed unrighteousness’?


Job 16:3

3Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?


Job 38:2-3

2Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge? 3Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me!


1 Timothy 6:5

5constant friction of people of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. Withdraw yourself from such.