Romans 9:21 - Forerunner Commentary

Romans 9:21

19 You will say to me then, “Why does He still find fault? For ^awho has resisted His will?”

20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? ^aWill the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”

21 Does not the ^apotter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make ^bone vessel for honor and another for dishonor?

22 What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering ^athe vessels of wrath ^bprepared for destruction,

23 and that He might make known ^athe riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had ^bprepared beforehand for glory,

24 even us whom He ^acalled, ^bnot of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?

25 As He says also in Hosea:
^a“I will call them My people, who were not My people,
And her beloved, who was not beloved.”

Verse Comparison: Romans 9:21

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American Standard Version
Or hath not the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?

Amplified® Bible
Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same mass (lump) one vessel for beauty {and} distinction {and} honorable use, and another for menial {or} ignoble {and} dishonorable use?

Contemporary English Version
Doesn't a potter have the right to make a fancy bowl and a plain bowl out of the same lump of clay?"

Darby English Version
Or has not the potter authority over the clay, out of the same lump to make one vessel to honour, and another to dishonour?

Good News Bible
After all, the man who makes the pots has the right to use the clay as he wishes, and to make two pots from the same lump of clay, one for special occasions and the other for ordinary use.

International Standard Version
A potter has the right to do what he wants to with his clay, doesn't he? He can make something for a special occasion or something for ordinary use from the same lump.

King James Version
Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?

New American Standard Bible
Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for common use?

New International Version
Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for noble purposes and some for common use?

New King James Version
Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for common use?

Young's Literal Translation
hath not the potter authority over the clay, out of the same lump to make the one vessel to honour, and the one to dishonour?

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