His hands were shaping a pot out of clay. But he saw that something was wrong with it. So he formed it into another pot. He shaped it in the way that seemed best to him.

窑匠用泥做的器皿，在他手中做坏了，他又用这泥另做别的器皿；窑匠看怎样好，就怎样做。

陶匠用泥做的器皿在他手中做坏了，他就用它另做别的器皿，照他看为好的去做。

陶匠用泥做的器皿在他手中做坏了，他就用它另做别的器皿，照他看为好的去做。

每当他手中的器皿做坏了，他就用那块泥重做，想怎么做就怎么做。

陶匠用他手中的泥所做的器皿坏了，他就用这泥再做别的器皿，照着自己的意思去作。

窰匠用泥做的器皿，在他手中做壞了，他又用這泥另做別的器皿；窰匠看怎樣好，就怎樣做。

陶匠用泥做的器皿在他手中做壞了，他就用它另做別的器皿，照他看為好的去做。

陶匠用泥做的器皿在他手中做壞了，他就用它另做別的器皿，照他看為好的去做。

每當他手中的器皿做壞了，他就用那塊泥重做，想怎麼做就怎麼做。

陶匠用他手中的泥所做的器皿壞了，他就用這泥再做別的器皿，照著自己的意思去作。

窰匠用泥作的器皿若在他手中壞了，他就再用這泥作別的器皿，照窰匠所看為對的去作。

所製之器、既壞於陶人之手、乃復以製他器、循其所欲、○

陶人摶土甄陶、以製器皿、未成而毀、遂製他器、任其意之所欲為。

陶人所製之器壞矣、在其手又成為泥、遂以泥製他器、任其意之所欲、

But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.

And the vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter’s hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to do.

But the jar he was making did not turn out as he had hoped, so he crushed it into a lump of clay again and started over.

But the jar that he was making from the clay became flawed in the potter’s hand, so he made it into another jar, as it seemed right for him to do.

But the vessel that he was making of clay was spoiled in the hand of the potter; so he remade it into another vessel, as it pleased the potter to make.

And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make.

And when the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

But the jar that he was making from the clay became flawed in the potter’s hand, so he made it into another jar, as it seemed right for him to do.

And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make[ it].

Now and then there would be something wrong with the pot he was molding from the clay with his hands. So he would rework the clay into another kind of pot as he saw fit.

When the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

But you are a mere human being. So who are you to talk back to God? Scripture says,“ Can what is made say to the one who made it,‘ Why did you make me like this?’ ”( Isaiah 29:16; 45:9)Isn’t the potter free to make different kinds of pots out of the same lump of clay? Some are for special purposes. Others are for ordinary use.What if God chose to show his great anger? What if he chose to make his power known? But he put up with the people he was angry with. They were made to be destroyed.What if he put up with them to show the riches of his glory to other people? Those other people are the ones he shows his mercy to. He made them to receive his glory.

“ People of Israel, I can do with you just as this potter does,” announces the Lord.“ The clay is in the potter’s hand. And you are in my hand, people of Israel.

How terrible it will be for anyone who argues with their Maker! They are like a broken piece of pottery lying on the ground. Does clay say to a potter,“ What are you making?” Does a pot say,“ The potter doesn’t have any skill”?