Isaiah 45:9
Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let a potsherd [strive] with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that formeth it, What makest thou? Or thy work, He hath no hands?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
Cross References
Job 9:4He is wise in heart and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and had peace?
Job 10:9Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as clay, and wilt bring me into dust again.
Job 40:2Shall he that will contend with the Almighty instruct [him]? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the princes plot together, against Jehovah and against his anointed:
Ecclesiastes 6:10That which is hath already been named; and what man is, is known, and that he cannot contend with him that is mightier than he.
Isaiah 29:16[Oh] your perverseness! Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay, so that the work should say of him that made it, He made me not; or the thing formed say of him that formed it, He hath 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 →