Romans 9:20
O man! Who, nevertheless, art, thou, that art answering again unto God? Shall the thing formed say unto him that formed it—Why didst thou make me thus?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
19Thou wilt say to me, then—Why longer findeth he fault? For, his purpose, who hath withstood?
Cross References
Job 16:3Is there to be an end to windy words? Or what so strongly exciteth thee, that thou must respond?
Job 36:23Who enjoined on him his way? and who ever said, Thou hast wrought perversity?
Job 40:2Shall a reprover contend, with the Almighty? He that disputeth with GOD, let him answer it!
Job 40:8Wilt thou even frustrate my justice? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest appear right?
Isaiah 29:16Your perverseness! As if like clay, the potter could be reckoned; For shall, the thing made say of him that made it, he made me not? Or hath the thing fashioned ever said of him that fashioned it, He hath no understanding.
Isaiah 64:8But, now, O Yahweh, our father, thou art,—We are the clay, and, thou, art our potter, Yea the work of thy hand, are we all:
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 →