“Will the one who contends with the Almighty(A) correct him?(B)
    Let him who accuses God answer him!”(C)

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“Who is this that obscures my plans(A)
    with words without knowledge?(B)
Brace yourself like a man;
    I will question you,
    and you shall answer me.(C)

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14 Whom did the Lord consult to enlighten him,
    and who taught him the right way?
Who was it that taught him knowledge,(A)
    or showed him the path of understanding?(B)

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10 Whatever exists has already been named,(A)
    and what humanity is has been known;
no one can contend
    with someone who is stronger.
11 The more the words,
    the less the meaning,
    and how does that profit anyone?

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19 One of you will say to me:(A) “Then why does God still blame us?(B) For who is able to resist his will?”(C) 20 But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God?(D) “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it,(E) ‘Why did you make me like this?’”[a](F) 21 Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:20 Isaiah 29:16; 45:9

34 “Who has known the mind of the Lord?
    Or who has been his counselor?”[a](A)
35 “Who has ever given to God,
    that God should repay them?”[b](B)
36 For from him and through him and for him are all things.(C)
    To him be the glory forever! Amen.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 11:34 Isaiah 40:13
  2. Romans 11:35 Job 41:11

Some have departed from these and have turned to meaningless talk. They want to be teachers(A) of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so confidently affirm.(B)

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