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Jeremiah 18:4

And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

KJV

Et dissipatum est vas quod ipse faciebat e luto manibus suis : conversusque fecit illud vas alterum, sicut placuerat in oculis ejus ut faceret.

Vulgate

καὶ ἔπεσεν τὸ ἄγγιον ὃ αὐτὸς ἐποίει ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτοῦ· καὶ πάλιν αὐτὸς ἐποίησεν αὐτὸ ἄγγιον ἕτερον καθὼς ἤρεσεν ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ ποιῆσαι.

LXX

And when the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

ASV

וְ/נִשְׁחַ֣ת הַ/כְּלִ֗י אֲשֶׁ֨ר ה֥וּא עֹשֶׂ֛ה בַּ/חֹ֖מֶר בְּ/יַ֣ד הַ/יּוֹצֵ֑ר וְ/שָׁ֗ב וַֽ/יַּעֲשֵׂ֨/הוּ֙ כְּלִ֣י אַחֵ֔ר כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָשַׁ֛ר בְּ/עֵינֵ֥י הַ/יּוֹצֵ֖ר לַ/עֲשֽׂוֹת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲחֵרִ֔ים
'chrym
adjective · 166×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הּ
h
verb · 147×
ו
v
noun · 324×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
וֹ
v
verb · 63×
חֹ֖מֶר
chmr
noun · 31×
יָשַׁ֥ר
yshr
verb · 28×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 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?
  • Jer 18:6 — O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
  • Jer 18:6 — O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
  • 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?