Romans 9:21

19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?

20 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?

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:

23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,

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
Har ikke pottemakeren makt over leiren, så han av samme klump kan lage et kar til ære, og et annet til vanære?
OTB
Har ikke pottemakeren myndighet til å forme fra den samme leirklumpen noen kar til spesielle formål og noen til vanlig bruk?
B1930
Eller har ikke pottemakeren makt over leret, så han av samme deig kan arbeide det ene kar til ære, det andre til vanære?
BSB
Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?
KJV
Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
WEB
Or hasn’t the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?
ASV
Or hath not the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?
DARBY
Or has not the potter authority over the clay, out of the same lump to make one vessel to honour, and another to dishonour?
BLB
Or does the potter not have authority over the clay to make out of the same lump the one vessel indeed for honor, but the one for dishonor?

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Kryssreferanser

  • Isaiah 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.

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  • 2 Timothy 2:20–21

    But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.

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  • Proverbs 16:4

    The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

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  • Jeremiah 18:3–6

    Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.

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  • Acts 9:15

    But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:

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  • Romans 9:22–23

    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:

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  • Romans 9:11

    (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)

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  • Romans 9:18

    Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.

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