Romans 9:20
But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
19One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?”
Cross References
Job 16:3Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?
Job 36:23Who has appointed His way for Him, or told Him, ‘You have done wrong’?
Job 40:2“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”
Job 40:8Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
Isaiah 29:16You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?
Isaiah 64:8But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your 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 →