Romans 9:20
18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
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?
21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
Dette ble sagt til Israel i en bestemt tid, så det er lurt å lese det sammen med teksten rundt. Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.
Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Men hvem er du, menneske, som tar til motmæle mot Gud? Vil verket si til skaperen: «Hvorfor gjorde du meg slik?»
- OTB
- Men hvem er du, et menneske, til å svare Gud imot? Skal det som er formet si til den som formet det, «Hvorfor gjorde du meg slik?»
- B1930
- Men hvem er da du, menneske, som tar til gjenmæle mot Gud? Vil da verket si til virkeren: Hvorfor gjorde du mig slik?
- BSB
- 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?”
- KJV
- 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?
- WEB
- 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?”
- ASV
- 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?
- DARBY
- Aye, but thou, O man, who art *thou* that answerest again to God? Shall the thing formed say to him that has formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
- BLB
- But rather, O man, who are you answering against God? [Will] the thing formed say to the One having formed [it], “Why did you make me thus?”
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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?
Les i sammenhengIsaiah 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?
Les i sammenhengIsaiah 64:8
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.
Les i sammenhengJob 33:13
Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
Les i sammenhengJob 36:23
Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?
Les i sammenhengJob 40:2
Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
Les i sammenhengMatthew 20:15
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
Les i sammenhengJob 16:3
Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
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