Romans 9:20
New King James Version
20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? (A)Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”
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Romans 9:20
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20 But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God?(A) “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it,(B) ‘Why did you make me like this?’”[a](C)
Footnotes
- Romans 9:20 Isaiah 29:16; 45:9
Isaiah 29:16
New King James Version
16 Surely you have things turned around!
Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay;
For shall the (A)thing made say of him who made it,
“He did not make me”?
Or shall the thing formed say of him who formed it,
“He has no understanding”?
Isaiah 29:16
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Isaiah 45:9-11
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9 “Woe to him who strives with (A)his Maker!
Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth!
(B)Shall the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’
Or shall your handiwork say, ‘He has no hands’?
10 Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What are you begetting?’
Or to the woman, ‘What have you brought forth?’ ”
11 Thus says the Lord,
The Holy One of Israel, and his Maker:
(C)“Ask Me of things to come concerning (D)My sons;
And concerning (E)the work of My hands, you command Me.
Isaiah 45:9-11
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9 “Woe to those who quarrel(A) with their Maker,(B)
those who are nothing but potsherds(C)
among the potsherds on the ground.
Does the clay say to the potter,(D)
‘What are you making?’(E)
Does your work say,
‘The potter has no hands’?(F)
10 Woe to the one who says to a father,
‘What have you begotten?’
or to a mother,
‘What have you brought to birth?’
Isaiah 64:8
New King James Version
8 But now, O Lord,
You are our Father;
We are the clay, and You our (A)potter;
And all we are the work of Your hand.
Isaiah 64:8
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Job 33:13
New King James Version
13 Why do you (A)contend with Him?
For He does not give an accounting of any of His words.
Job 33:13
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- Job 33:13 Or that he does not answer for any of his actions
Job 40:2
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2 “Shall (A)the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him?
He who (B)rebukes God, let him answer it.”
Job 40:2
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Matthew 20:15
New King James Version
15 (A)Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or (B)is your eye evil because I am good?’
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Matthew 20:15
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15 Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’(A)
Job 16:3
New King James Version
3 Shall [a]words of wind have an end?
Or what provokes you that you answer?
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- Job 16:3 Empty words
Job 16:3
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James 2:20
New King James Version
20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is [a]dead?
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- James 2:20 NU useless
James 2:20
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- James 2:20 Some early manuscripts dead
1 Timothy 6:5
New King James Version
5 [a]useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. [b]From (A)such withdraw yourself.
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- 1 Timothy 6:5 NU, M constant friction
- 1 Timothy 6:5 NU omits the rest of v. 5.
1 Timothy 6:5
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5 and constant friction between people of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth(A) and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.
1 Corinthians 1:20
New King James Version
20 (A)Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the [a]disputer of this age? (B)Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
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- 1 Corinthians 1:20 debater
1 Corinthians 1:20
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20 Where is the wise person?(A) Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age?(B) Has not God made foolish(C) the wisdom of the world?
Job 42:2-6
New King James Version
2 “I know that You (A)can do everything,
And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You.
3 You asked, (B)‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
(C)Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
4 Listen, please, and let me speak;
You said, (D)‘I will question you, and you shall answer Me.’
5 “I have (E)heard of You by the hearing of the ear,
But now my eye sees You.
6 Therefore I (F)abhor[a] myself,
And repent in dust and ashes.”
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- Job 42:6 despise
Job 42:2-6
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Job 40:8
New King James Version
Footnotes
- Job 40:8 nullify
Job 40:8
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