Romans 9:20
But, O man, who art thou which pleadest against God? shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
19Thou wilt say then vnto me, Why doeth he yet complaine? for who hath resisted his will?
Cross References
Job 16:3Shall there be none ende of wordes of winde? or what maketh thee bold so to answere?
Job 36:23Who hath appointed to him his way? or who can say, Thou hast done wickedly?
Job 40:2Girde vp now thy loynes like a man: I will demaunde of thee, and declare thou vnto me.
Job 40:8Hide them in the dust together, and binde their faces in a secret place.
Isaiah 29:16Your turning of deuises shall it not be esteemed as the potters clay? for shall the worke say of him that made it, Hee made me not? or the thing formed, say of him that facioned it, He had none vnderstanding?
Isaiah 64:8But now, O Lord, thou art our Father: we are the clay, and thou art our potter, and we all are the worke of thine hands.
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 →