KJV King James Version
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.
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Isaiah 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.
WEB World English Bible
But now, Yahweh, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father, We are the clay, and Thou our Framer, And the work of Thy hand—all of us.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 64
5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, [those that] remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
6 But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
7 And [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, because of our iniquities.
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.
9 Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we [are] all thy people.
10 Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
11 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְעַתָּ֥הH6258 · at.tahnowיְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאָבִ֣ינוּH1 · avfatherאָ֑תָּהH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)אֲנַ֤חְנוּH587 · a.nach.nuweהַחֹ֙מֶר֙H2563 · cho.merclayוְאַתָּ֣הH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)יֹצְרֵ֔נוּH3335 · ya.tsarto form: formedוּמַעֲשֵׂ֥הH4639 · ma.a.sehdeed: workיָדְךָ֖H3027 · yadhandכֻּלָּֽנוּ׃H3605 · kolall
Cross-references
Ephesians 2:10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.Psalm 119:73JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.Jeremiah 18:2-6Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.Psalm 138:8The LORD will perfect [that which] concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, [endureth] for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.Psalm 100:3Know ye that the LORD he [is] God: [it is] he [that] hath made us, and not we ourselves; [we are] his people, and the sheep of his pasture.Isaiah 29:16Surely 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?Isaiah 44:24Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I [am] the LORD that maketh all [things]; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;Isaiah 45:9Woe 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?Isaiah 63:16Doubtless thou [art] our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, [art] our father, our redeemer; thy name [is] from everlasting.Isaiah 43:7[Even] every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.Isaiah 44:21Remember these, 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.Romans 9:20-24Nay 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?Job 10:8-9Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.Deuteronomy 32:6Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? [is] not he thy father [that] hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?Galatians 3:26For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.Galatians 3:29And if ye [be] Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.Exodus 4:22And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel [is] my son, [even] my firstborn:
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