Romans 9:21

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KJV 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?

BSB Berean Standard Bible

Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?

WEB World English Bible

Or hasn’t the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?

ASV 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?

YLT 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?

Surrounding context — Romans 9

18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will [have mercy], and whom he will he hardeneth.

19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?

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?

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

22 [What] if God, willing to shew [his] wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:

23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,

24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?

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Isaiah 64:8But now, O LORD, thou [art] our father; we [are] the clay, and thou our potter; and we all [are] the work of thy hand.2 Timothy 2:20-21But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.Proverbs 16:4The LORD hath made all [things] for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.Jeremiah 18:3-6Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.Acts 9:15But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:Romans 9:22-23[What] if God, willing to shew [his] wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:Romans 9:11(For [the children] being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)Romans 9:18Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will [have mercy], and whom he will he hardeneth.Hosea 8:8Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein [is] no pleasure.Jeremiah 22:28[Is] this man Coniah a despised broken idol? [is he] a vessel wherein [is] no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?

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