12 Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.

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12 “But I tell you, in this you are not right,
    for God is greater than any mortal.(A)

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25 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?

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25 “Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’(A) Hear, you Israelites: Is my way unjust?(B) Is it not your ways that are unjust?

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Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.

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“God is mighty,(A) but despises no one;(B)
    he is mighty, and firm in his purpose.(C)

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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?

21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?

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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

O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.

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He said, “Can I not do with you, Israel, as this potter does?” declares the Lord. “Like clay(A) in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand,(B) Israel.

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20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

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20 Indeed, there is no one on earth who is righteous,(A)
    no one who does what is right and never sins.(B)

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Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

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“Would you discredit my justice?(A)
    Would you condemn me to justify yourself?(B)
Do you have an arm like God’s,(C)
    and can your voice(D) thunder like his?(E)

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Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

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

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22 Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?

23 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?

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22 “God is exalted in his power.(A)
    Who is a teacher like him?(B)
23 Who has prescribed his ways(C) for him,(D)
    or said to him, ‘You have done wrong’?(E)

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I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

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“I would like to reply to you
    and to your friends with you.

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Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?

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“Do you think this is just?
    You say, ‘I am in the right,(A) not God.’(B)

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23 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.

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23 God has no need to examine people further,(A)
    that they should come before him for judgment.(B)

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17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?

18 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?

19 How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

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17 Can someone who hates justice govern?(A)
    Will you condemn the just and mighty One?(B)
18 Is he not the One who says to kings, ‘You are worthless,’
    and to nobles,(C) ‘You are wicked,’(D)
19 who shows no partiality(E) to princes
    and does not favor the rich over the poor,(F)
    for they are all the work of his hands?(G)

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