NET Bible
"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?”"
— Romans 9:20, NET Bible
“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?”
“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? ”
“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?"”
“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 says to Pharaoh:“For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may demonstrate my power in you, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.”
So then, God has mercy on whom he chooses to have mercy, and he hardens whom he chooses to harden.
You will say to me then,“Why does he still find fault? For who has ever resisted his will?”
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?”
Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use?
But what if God, willing to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath prepared for destruction?
And what if he is willing to make known the wealth of his glory on the objects of mercy that he has prepared beforehand for glory–