Isaiah 29:15-16
New International Version
15 Woe to those who go to great depths
to hide(A) their plans from the Lord,
who do their work in darkness and think,
“Who sees us?(B) Who will know?”(C)
16 You turn things upside down,
as if the potter were thought to be like the clay!(D)
Shall what is formed say to the one who formed(E) it,
“You did not make me”?
Can the pot say to the potter,(F)
“You know nothing”?(G)
Isaiah 29:15-16
New American Standard Bible
15 Woe to those who deeply (A)hide their [a]plans from the Lord,
And whose (B)deeds are done in a dark place,
And they say, “(C)Who sees us?” or “Who knows us?”
16 You turn things around!
Shall the potter be considered [b]as equal with the clay,
That (D)what is made would say to its maker, “He did not make me”;
Or what is formed say to him who formed it, “He has no understanding”?
Footnotes
- Isaiah 29:15 Lit counsel
- Isaiah 29:16 Lit like
Isaiah 29:15-16
Amplified Bible
15
Woe (judgment is coming) to those who [try to] deeply hide their plans from the Lord,
Whose deeds are done in a dark place,
And who say, “Who sees us?” or “Who knows us?”
16
You turn things upside down [with your perversity]!
Shall the potter be considered equal with the clay,
That the thing that is made would say to its maker, “He did not make me”;
Or the thing that is formed say to him who formed it, “He has no understanding”?
Isaiah 29:15-16
King James Version
15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
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?
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Isaiah 29:15-16
Contemporary English Version
15 You are in for trouble,
if you try to hide your plans
from the Lord!
Or if you think what you do
in the dark can't be seen.
16 (A) You have it all backwards.
A clay dish doesn't say
to the potter,
“You didn't make me.
You don't even know how.”
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