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Romans 9:20
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Romans 9:20
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20 But who indeed are you, a human, to argue with God? Will what is molded say to the one who molds it, “Why have you made me like this?”(A)
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Romans 9:20
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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)
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- Romans 9:20 Isaiah 29:16; 45:9
Romans 9:20
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Romans 9:20
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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?
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Isaiah 29:16
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Isaiah 29:16
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16 You turn things upside down!
Shall the potter be regarded as the clay?
Shall the thing made say of its maker,
“He did not make me,”
or the thing formed say of the one who formed it,
“He has no understanding”?(A)
Isaiah 29:16
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Isaiah 29:16
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Isaiah 29:16
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Isaiah 29:16
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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 64:8
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Isaiah 64:8
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8 Yet, O Lord, you are our Father;
we are the clay, and you are our potter;
we are all the work of your hand.(A)
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Isaiah 64:8
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Isaiah 64:8
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Isaiah 64:8
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8 But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
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Isaiah 45:9-11
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Isaiah 45:9-11
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9 Woe to those who strive with their Maker,
earthen vessels with the potter![a]
Does the clay say to the one who fashions it, “What are you making”?
or “Your work has no handles”?(A)
10 Woe to anyone who says to a father, “What are you fathering?”
or to a woman, “With what are you in labor?”
11 Thus says the Lord,
the Holy One of Israel and its Maker:
Will you question me[b] about my children
or command me concerning the work of my hands?(B)
Isaiah 45:9-11
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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 45:9-11
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Isaiah 45:9-11
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9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
10 Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
11 Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.
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Job 33:13
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Job 33:13
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- 33.13 Compare Gk: Heb his
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- Job 33:13 Or that he does not answer for any of his actions
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Job 33:13
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13 Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
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1 Timothy 6:5
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1 Timothy 6:5
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5 and wrangling among those who are depraved in mind and bereft of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.[a](A)
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- 6.5 Other ancient authorities add Withdraw yourself from such people
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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.
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1 Timothy 6:5
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5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
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Job 40:2
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Job 40:2
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- 40.2 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
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2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
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Job 16:3
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Job 16:3
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3 Have windy words no limit?
Or what provokes you that you keep on talking?(A)
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Job 16:3
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Job 16:3
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Job 16:3
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3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
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James 2:20
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James 2:20
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20 Do you want to be shown, you senseless person, that faith apart from works is worthless?[a]
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- 2.20 Other ancient authorities read dead or empty
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- James 2:20 Some early manuscripts dead
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James 2:20
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20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
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