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Isaiah 29:16

You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?

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ASV

Ye turn things upside down! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that the thing made should say of him that made it, He made me not; or the thing formed say of him that formed it, He hath no understanding?

KJV

Surely 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?

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16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הַ֨פְכְּכֶ֔םhaf.ke.Khemperversity yourH2017 →
אִם־'im-<if>?H518 →
כְּחֹ֥מֶרke.Cho.merlike [the] clay ofH2563 →
הַיֹּצֵ֖רhai.yo.Tzerthe potterH3335 →
יֵֽחָשֵׁ֑בye.cha.Shevwill he be regardedH2803 →
כִּֽי־ki-thatH3588 →
יֹאמַ֨רyo.Marit will sayH559 →
מַעֲשֶׂ֤הma.'a.Seha thing madeH4639 →
לְעֹשֵׂ֙הוּ֙le.'o.Se.huto [the] [one who] made itH6213 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
עָשָׂ֔נִי'a.Sa.nihe made meH6213 →
וְיֵ֛צֶרve.Ye.tzerand a potH3336 →
אָמַ֥ר'a.Marit saidH559 →
לְיוֹצְר֖וֹle.yotz.Roto potter itsH3335 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
הֵבִֽין׃he.Vinhe has understoodH995 →

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Romans 9:20But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”Romans 9:19–21One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?”Isaiah 64:8But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.Isaiah 45:9–11Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?Psalms 94:8–9Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?Isaiah 45:9Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?Jeremiah 18:1–10This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:Isaiah 10:15Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!Psalms 103:14For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust.Isaiah 24:1Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—Acts 17:6But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here,

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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