Romans 9:20
On the contrary;, O man, who are you that reply against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why have you made me thus?
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In Context
19You will say then unto me, Why does he yet find fault? For who has resisted his will?
Cross References
Job 16:3Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldens you that you answer?
Job 36:23Who has commanded with authority him his way? or who can say, You have wrought iniquity?
Job 40:2Shall he that contends with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproves God, let him answer it.
Job 40:8Will you also nullify my judgment? will you condemn me, that you may be righteous?
Isaiah 29:16Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
Isaiah 64:8But now, O LORD, you are our father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are 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 →