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Isaiah 45:9

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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?

Woe {H1945} unto him that striveth {H7378} with his Maker {H3335}! Let the potsherd {H2789} strive with the potsherds {H2789} of the earth {H127}. Shall the clay {H2563} say {H559} to him that fashioneth {H3335} it, What makest {H6213} thou? or thy work {H6467}, He hath no hands {H3027}?

Woe to anyone who argues with his maker, like potsherds lying on the ground! Does the clay ask the potter, "What are you doing?" or, "What's this you're making, that has no hands?"

Woe 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’?

Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

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Cross-References

  • Isaiah 64:8 (13 votes)

    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.

  • Romans 9:20 (12 votes)

    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?

  • Romans 9:21 (12 votes)

    Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?

  • Isaiah 29:16 (7 votes)

    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?

  • Isaiah 10:15 (7 votes)

    Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? [or] shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake [itself] against them that lift it up, [or] as if the staff should lift up [itself, as if it were] no wood.

  • Jeremiah 18:6 (7 votes)

    O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay [is] in the potter's hand, so [are] ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.

  • Proverbs 21:30 (6 votes)

    ¶ [There is] no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.