American Standard Version
"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? "
— Romans 9:20, American Standard Version
“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?”
“But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, "Why did you make me like this?"”
“But who indeed are you– a mere human being– to talk back to God? Does what is molded say to the molder,“Why have you made me like this?””
“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?”
“But, O man, who are you, to make answer against God? May the thing which is made say to him who made it, Why did you make me so?”
“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?”
For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, For this very purpose did I raise thee up, that I might show in thee my power, and that my name might be published abroad in all the earth.
So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will he hardeneth.
Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he still find fault? For who withstandeth his will?
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?
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?
What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering vessels of wrath fitted unto destruction:
and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he afore prepared unto glory,