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Isaiah 45:9

Isaiah chapter 45 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

Context

v.8Distil, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up together; I, Jehovah, have created it.

v.9This passage

v.10Woe unto him that saith unto a father, What begettest thou? or to a woman, With what travailest thou?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Exodus 9:16

    but in very deed for this cause have I made thee to stand, to show thee my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

  • Psalms 2:2

    The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Jehovah, and against his anointed, saying,

  • Isaiah 29:16

    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?

  • Job 15:24

    Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

  • Jeremiah 50:24

    I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against Jehovah.

  • Isaiah 10:15

    Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that wieldeth it? as if a rod should wield them that lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up him that is not wood.