Psalm 135:6
New English Translation
6 He does whatever he pleases
in heaven and on earth,
in the seas and all the ocean depths.
Psalm 115:3
New English Translation
3 Our God is in heaven.
He does whatever he pleases.[a]
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- Psalm 115:3 sn He does whatever he pleases. Such sovereignty is characteristic of kings (see Eccl 8:3).
Isaiah 46:10
New English Translation
10 who announces the end from the beginning
and reveals beforehand[a] what has not yet occurred;
who says, ‘My plan will be realized,
I will accomplish what I desire;’
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- Isaiah 46:10 tn Or “from long ago”; KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV “from ancient times.”
Daniel 4:35
New English Translation
35 All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing.[a]
He does as he wishes with the army of heaven
and with those who inhabit the earth.
No one slaps[b] his hand
and says to him, ‘What have you done?’
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- Daniel 4:35 tc The present translation reads כְּלָא (kelaʾ), with many medieval Hebrew mss, rather than כְּלָה (kelah) of BHS.
- Daniel 4:35 tn Aram “strikes against.”
Romans 9:19-21
New English Translation
19 You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who has ever resisted his will?” 20 But who indeed are you—a mere human being[a]—to talk back to God?[b] Does what is molded say to the molder, “Why have you made me like this?”[c] 21 Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay[d] one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use?[e]
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- Romans 9:20 tn Grk “O man.”
- Romans 9:20 tn Grk “On the contrary, O man, who are you to talk back to God?”
- Romans 9:20 sn A quotation from Isa 29:16; 45:9.
- Romans 9:21 tn Grk “Or does not the potter have authority over the clay to make from the same lump.”
- Romans 9:21 tn Grk “one vessel for honor and another for dishonor.”
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