Romans 9:20

O! man, who art thou, that answerest to God? Whether a made thing saith to him that made it, What hast thou made me so? (or Why hast thou made me so?)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

Nay 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?

In Context

19Then sayest thou to me, What is sought yet? [or What thing is yet sought?] for who withstandeth his will?

21Whether a potter of clay hath not power to make of the same gobbet one vessel into honour, another into despite, [or low office]? (Hath not a potter of clay the power, or the right, to make out of the same piece one vessel to be honoured, and another to be despised?)

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Cross References

Job 16:3Whether words full of wind shall have an end? either anything is dis-easeful to thee, if thou speakest (it)?

Job 36:23Who may seek out the ways of God? either who dare say to him, Thou hast wrought wickedness?

Job 40:2Whether he, that striveth with God, shall have rest so lightly? Soothly he, that reproveth God, oweth for to answer to him. (Shall he, who argueth with God, now so easily have rest? Yea he, who rebuketh God, ought to answer him.)

Job 40:8Whether thou shalt make void my doom, and shalt thou condemn me, that thou be made just? (Shalt thou make void my justice? that is, shalt thou say that I am unjust? and shalt thou condemn me, so that thou can be right?)

Isaiah 29:16This thought of you is wayward, as if clay think against a potter, and the work say to his maker, Thou madest not me; and a thing made, say to his maker, Thou understandest not. (This thought of yours is wayward, like if a piece of clay think against a potter, and the work say to its maker, Thou madest me not, and a made thing say to its maker, Thou understandest not how to do this.)

Isaiah 64:8And now, Lord, thou art our father; forsooth we be clay, and thou art our maker, and all we be the works of thine hands. (But now, Lord, thou art our father; and we be but clay, and thou art our Maker, and we all be the works of thy 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 →

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