Romans 9:20
No, but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? shall the thing formed say to him that formed it , Why hast thou made me thus?
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
19Thou wilt say then to me, Why doth he yet find fault? for who hath resisted his will?
Cross References
Job 16:3Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
Job 36:23Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?
Job 40:2Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him ? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
Job 40:8Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest 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, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy 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 →