Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation They turn everything upside down. Which is more important, the potter or the clay? Can something you have made say, "You didn't make me"? Or can it say, "You don't know what you are doing"? New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge This thought of yours is perverse: as if the clay should think against the potter, and the work should say to the maker thereof: Thou madest me not: or the thing framed should say to him that fashioned it: Thou understandest not. your turning Isaiah 24:1 Behold the Lord shall lay waste the earth, and shall strip it, and shall afflict the face thereof, and scatter abroad the inhabitants thereof. Acts 17:6 And not finding them, they drew Jason and certain brethren to the rulers of the city, crying: They that set the city in an uproar are come hither also: as the potter's Isaiah 45:9,10 Woe to him that gainsayeth his maker, a sherd of the earthen pots: shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it: What art thou making, and thy work is without hands? . . . Jeremiah 18:1-10 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying: . . . Romans 9:19,21 Thou wilt say therefore to me: Why doth he then find fault? For who resisteth his will? . . . or shall Isaiah 45:11 Thus saith the Lord the Holy One of Israel, his maker: Ask me of things to come, concerning my children, and concerning the work of my hands give ye charge to me. Psalm 94:8,9 Understand, ye senseless among the people: and, you fools, be wise at last. . . . Context Woe to the City of David…15Woe to you that are deep of heart, to hide your counsel from the Lord: and their works are in the dark, and they say: Who seeth us, and who knoweth us? 16This thought of yours is perverse: as if the clay should think against the potter, and the work should say to the maker thereof: Thou madest me not: or the thing framed should say to him that fashioned it: Thou understandest not. Cross References Romans 9:19 Thou wilt say therefore to me: Why doth he then find fault? For who resisteth his will? Romans 9:20 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? Psalm 103:14 For he knoweth our frame. He remembereth that we are dust: Isaiah 10:15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that cutteth with it? or shall the saw exalt itself against him by whom it is drawn? as if a rod should lift itself up against him that lifteth it up, and a staff exalt itself, which is but wood. Isaiah 45:9 Woe to him that gainsayeth his maker, a sherd of the earthen pots: shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it: What art thou making, and thy work is without hands? Isaiah 64:8 And now, O Lord, thou art our father, and we are clay: and thou art our maker, and we all are the works of thy hands. Jeremiah 18:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying: Jump to Previous Clay Considered Earth Equal Esteemed Form Formed Forming Framed Maker Perverseness Perversity Pot Potter Potter's Regarded Surely Thought Turn Turning Understanding Upside Wet WorkJump to Next Clay Considered Earth Equal Esteemed Form Formed Forming Framed Maker Perverseness Perversity Pot Potter Potter's Regarded Surely Thought Turn Turning Understanding Upside Wet WorkLinks Isaiah 29:16 NIVIsaiah 29:16 NLT Isaiah 29:16 ESV Isaiah 29:16 NASB Isaiah 29:16 Bible Apps Isaiah 29:16 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 29:16 Chinese Bible Isaiah 29:16 French Bible Isaiah 29:16 German Bible Alphabetical: around as be Can clay considered did down equal formed has He him if is it its knows like made make maker me no not nothing of Or pot potter say Shall That the things thought to turn understanding upside were what who with would You OT Prophets: Isaiah 29:16 You turn things upside down! (Isa Isi Is) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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