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Isaiah 45:9

Woe to him who strives with his maker, a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashions it, What are thou making? or thy work, He has no hands?

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

8Distil, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up together. I, LORD, have created it.

10Woe to him who says to a father, What are thou begetting? or to a woman, With what are thou travailing?

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Cross References

Job 9:4[He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?

Job 10:9Remember, I beseech thee, that thou have fashioned me as clay. And will thou bring me into dust again?

Job 40:2Shall he who quibbles contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.

Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against LORD, and against his anointed, [saying],

Ecclesiastes 6:10Whatever has been, the name of it was given long ago, and it is know what man is. Neither can he contend with him who is mightier than he.

Isaiah 29:16Ye turn things upside down! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay, that the thing made should say of him who made it, He did not make me, or the thing formed say of him who formed it, He has no understanding?

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 45:6-11

The Divine Dominion. ( b. c. 708.) 5 I am the Lord , and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: 6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord , and there is none else. 7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things. 8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth… Read the whole commentary →

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