Romans 9:20
On the contrary, man, who are you who answers against God? Will what has been molded say to the one who molds it, “Why did you make me this way?”
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In Context
19You will say then to me, “Why does he still find fault? For who has ever withstood his will?”
Cross References
Job 16:3Will useless words ever have an end? 1 What is wrong with you that you answer like this? 1
Job 36:23Who has ever instructed him about his way? 1 Who can ever say to him, 'You have committed unrighteousness?' 1
Job 40:2“Should anyone who wishes to criticize try to correct the Almighty? 1 He who argues with God, let him answer.”
Job 40:8Will you actually say that I am unjust? 1 Will you condemn me so you may claim you are right? 1
Isaiah 29:16You turn things upside down! Should the potter be considered like clay, 1 so that the thing that is made should say about him who made it, “He did not make me,” 1 or the thing formed say about him who formed it, “He does not understand”? 1
Isaiah 64:8Yet, Yahweh, you are our father; 1 we are the clay. You are our potter; and we all are the work of your hand. 1
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 →