Isaiah 29:16
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?
KJV
Perversa est hæc vestra cogitatio ; quasi si lutum contra figulum cogitet, et dicat opus factori suo : Non fecisti me ; et figmentum dicat fictori suo : Non intelligis.
Vulgate
οὐχ ὡς ὁ πηλὸς τοῦ κεραμέως λογισθήσεσθε; μὴ ἐρεῖ τὸ πλάσμα τῷ πλάσαντι αὐτό Οὐ σύ με ἔπλασας; ἢ τὸ ποίημα τῷ ποιήσαντι Οὐ συνετῶς με ἐποίησας;
LXX
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?
ASV
הַ֨פְכְּ/כֶ֔ם אִם כְּ/חֹ֥מֶר הַ/יֹּצֵ֖ר יֵֽחָשֵׁ֑ב כִּֽי יֹאמַ֨ר מַעֲשֶׂ֤ה לְ/עֹשֵׂ֨/הוּ֙ לֹ֣א עָשָׂ֔/נִי וְ/יֵ֛צֶר אָמַ֥ר לְ/יוֹצְר֖/וֹ לֹ֥א הֵבִֽין
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Isa 10:15 — Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the
- Isa 24:1 — Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
- Isa 45:9 — Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
- Isa 45:9 — Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
- Isa 64:8 — But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
- Isa 64:8 — But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
- Jer 18:1 — The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
- Ps 94:8 — Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
- Ps 103:14 — For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
- Rom 9:19 — Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
- Rom 9:20 — 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?