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Isaiah 64:8

What does Isaiah 64:8 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 64:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

But now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

But now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

But now, O Lord, you are our father; we are the earth, and you are our maker; and we are all the work of your hand.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And now, O Jehovah, thou <FI>art<Fi> our Father, We <FI>are<Fi> the clay, and Thou our Framer, And the work of Thy hand--all of us.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And now, O Lord, thou art our father, and we are clay: and thou art our maker, and we all are the works of thy hands.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And now, Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

Context

v.7And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee; for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us by means of our iniquities.

v.8This passage

v.9Be not wroth very sore, O Jehovah, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, look, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.

Cross references

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

  • Exodus 4:22

    And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, Israel is my son, my first-born:

  • Ephesians 2:10

    For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

  • Isaiah 45:9

    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?

  • 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?

  • Isaiah 44:24

    Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb: I am Jehovah, that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth (who is with me?);

  • Isaiah 44:21

    Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.

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