Romans 9:20
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?
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
19Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he still find fault? For who withstandeth his will?
Cross References
Job 16:3Shall vain words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?
Job 36:23Who hath enjoined him his way? Or who can say, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness?
Job 40:2Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.
Job 40:8Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?
Isaiah 29:16Ye turn things upside down! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that the thing made 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?
Isaiah 64:8But now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
Matthew Henry on Romans 9:15-25
The Divine Sovereignty. ( a. d. 58.) 14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. 15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. 16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy. 17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might show my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the… Read the whole commentary →