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Isaiah 45:9
Good News Translation
Isaiah 45:9
Good News Translation
The Lord of Creation and History
9 (A)Does a clay pot dare argue with its maker,
a pot that is like all the others?
Does the clay ask the potter what he is doing?
Does the pot complain that its maker has no skill?
Sirach 33:13
Good News Translation
Sirach 33:13
Good News Translation
13 Just as clay is in the potter's hands for him to shape as he pleases, so we are in the hands of our Creator for him to do with as he wishes.
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Romans 9:20
Good News Translation
Romans 9:20
Good News Translation
20 (A)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?”
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Romans 9:20
New International Version
Romans 9:20
New International Version
20 But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God?(A) “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it,(B) ‘Why did you make me like this?’”[a](C)
Footnotes
- Romans 9:20 Isaiah 29:16; 45:9
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