Romans 9:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?””
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“But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“nay, but, O man, who art thou that art answering again to God? shall the thing formed say to Him who did form <FI>it<Fi> , Why me didst thou make thus?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Romans 9:20 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 16:3Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?
- Job 33:13Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?
- Job 36:23Who has appointed His way for Him, or told Him, ‘You have done wrong’?
- Job 38:2“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?
- Job 40:2“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”
- Job 40:5I have spoken once, but I have no answer— twice, but I have nothing to add.”
- Job 40:8Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
- Job 42:2“I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.
- Isaiah 29:16You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?
- Isaiah 45:9Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker— one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?
- Isaiah 64:8But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.
- Micah 6:8He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
- Matthew 20:15Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
- Romans 2:1You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on another. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.
- 1 Corinthians 1:20Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
- 1 Corinthians 7:16How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
- 1 Timothy 6:5and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.
- Titus 2:9Slaves are to submit to their own masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,
- James 2:20O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless?
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