Romans 9:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?”
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“Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Or hath not the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“hath not the potter authority over the clay, out of the same lump to make the one vessel to honour, and the one to dishonour?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Romans 9:21 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 16:4The LORD has made everything for His purpose— even the wicked for the day of disaster.
- 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.
- Jeremiah 18:3So I went down to the potter’s house and saw him working at the wheel.
- Jeremiah 22:28Is this man Coniah a despised and shattered pot, a jar that no one wants? Why are he and his descendants hurled out and cast into a land they do not know?
- Hosea 8:8Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.
- Acts 9:15“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.
- Romans 9:11Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
- Romans 9:18Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.
- Romans 9:22What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?
- 2 Timothy 2:20A large house contains not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. Some indeed are for honorable use, but others are for common use.
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