Isaiah 45:9

Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?

Majority Standard Bible

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

8Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout and righteousness spring up with it; I, the LORD, have created it.

10Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What have you begotten?’ or to his mother, ‘What have you brought forth?’”

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Cross References

Job 9:4God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?

Job 10:9Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust?

Job 40:2“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”

Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:

Ecclesiastes 6:10Whatever exists was named long ago, and it is known what man is; but he cannot contend with one stronger than he.

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”?

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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