Romans 9:20 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 t...

9:20 NIrV

Parallel Verses

New International Reader's Version - 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 )
新标点和合本 - 你这个人哪，你是谁，竟敢向　神强嘴呢？受造之物岂能对造他的说：“你为什么这样造我呢？”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 你这个人哪，你是谁，竟敢向上帝顶嘴呢？受造之物岂会对造他的说：“你为什么把我造成这样呢？”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 你这个人哪，你是谁，竟敢向　神顶嘴呢？受造之物岂会对造他的说：“你为什么把我造成这样呢？”
当代译本 - 你这个人啊！你是谁啊？竟敢顶撞上帝！受造之物怎能对造物的说：“你为什么把我造成这样？”
圣经新译本 - 你这个人哪，你是谁，竟敢跟　神顶嘴呢？被造的怎么可以对造他的说：“你为什么把我做成这个样子呢？”
中文标准译本 - 哦，人哪！你到底是谁，竟然向神顶嘴呢？被造的难道可以对造它的说：“你为什么把我造成这样呢？”
现代标点和合本 - 你这个人哪，你是谁，竟敢向神强嘴呢？受造之物岂能对造他的说：“你为什么这样造我呢？”
和合本（拼音版） - 你这个人哪，你是谁，竟敢向上帝强嘴呢？受造之物岂能对造他的说：“你为什么这样造我呢？”
New International Version - But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this?’ ”
English Standard Version - But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?”
New Living Translation - No, don’t say that. Who are you, a mere human being, to argue with God? Should the thing that was created say to the one who created it, “Why have you made me like this?”
The Message - Who in the world do you think you are to second-guess God? Do you for one moment suppose any of us knows enough to call God into question? Clay doesn’t talk back to the fingers that mold it, saying, “Why did you shape me like this?” Isn’t it obvious that a potter has a perfect right to shape one lump of clay into a vase for holding flowers and another into a pot for cooking beans? If God needs one style of pottery especially designed to show his angry displeasure and another style carefully crafted to show his glorious goodness, isn’t that all right? Either or both happens to Jews, but it also happens to the other people. Hosea put it well: I’ll call nobodies and make them somebodies; I’ll call the unloved and make them beloved. In the place where they yelled out, “You’re nobody!” they’re calling you “God’s living children.” Isaiah maintained this same emphasis: If each grain of sand on the seashore were numbered and the sum labeled “chosen of God,” They’d be numbers still, not names; salvation comes by personal selection. God doesn’t count us; he calls us by name. Arithmetic is not his focus. Isaiah had looked ahead and spoken the truth: If our powerful God had not provided us a legacy of living children, We would have ended up like ghost towns, like Sodom and Gomorrah. How can we sum this up? All those people who didn’t seem interested in what God was doing actually embraced what God was doing as he straightened out their lives. And Israel, who seemed so interested in reading and talking about what God was doing, missed it. How could they miss it? Because instead of trusting God, they took over. They were absorbed in what they themselves were doing. They were so absorbed in their “God projects” that they didn’t notice God right in front of them, like a huge rock in the middle of the road. And so they stumbled into him and went sprawling. Isaiah (again!) gives us the metaphor for pulling this together: Careful! I’ve put a huge stone on the road to Mount Zion, a stone you can’t get around. But the stone is me! If you’re looking for me, you’ll find me on the way, not in the way.
Christian Standard Bible - On the contrary, who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”
New American Standard Bible - On the contrary, who are you, you foolish person, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, “Why did you make me like this,” will it?
New King James Version - But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”
Amplified Bible - On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers [arrogantly] back to God and dares to defy Him? Will the thing which is formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”
American Standard Version - Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?
King James Version - 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?
New English Translation - But who indeed are you – a mere human being – to talk back to God? Does what is molded say to the molder, “Why have you made me like this?”
World English Bible - But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”
新標點和合本 - 你這個人哪，你是誰，竟敢向神強嘴呢？受造之物豈能對造他的說：「你為甚麼這樣造我呢？」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 你這個人哪，你是誰，竟敢向上帝頂嘴呢？受造之物豈會對造他的說：「你為甚麼把我造成這樣呢？」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 你這個人哪，你是誰，竟敢向　神頂嘴呢？受造之物豈會對造他的說：「你為甚麼把我造成這樣呢？」
當代譯本 - 你這個人啊！你是誰啊？竟敢頂撞上帝！受造之物怎能對造物的說：「你為什麼把我造成這樣？」
聖經新譯本 - 你這個人哪，你是誰，竟敢跟　神頂嘴呢？被造的怎麼可以對造他的說：“你為甚麼把我做成這個樣子呢？”
呂振中譯本 - 但是人哪，你到底是誰，你這跟上帝頂嘴的？被塑造的哪能對塑造他的說：「你為甚麼造我像這樣呢？」
中文標準譯本 - 哦，人哪！你到底是誰，竟然向神頂嘴呢？被造的難道可以對造它的說：「你為什麼把我造成這樣呢？」
現代標點和合本 - 你這個人哪，你是誰，竟敢向神強嘴呢？受造之物豈能對造他的說：「你為什麼這樣造我呢？」
文理和合譯本 - 人乎、爾為誰、反詰上帝耶、受造之物、豈謂造之者云、爾何若是造我乎、
文理委辦譯本 - 我則曰、爾何人、敢詰上帝耶、受造之物、豈能對造者云、何造我若此乎、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我則曰、爾何人、敢詰問天主乎、受造之物、豈能對造者云、何造我若此乎、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 嗟爾蒼生、爾何人斯、乃敢質問天主！被製之物、豈能反詰製之者曰：汝何為而造我如此耶？
Nueva Versión Internacional - Respondo: ¿Quién eres tú para pedirle cuentas a Dios? «¿Acaso le dirá la olla de barro al que la modeló: “¿Por qué me hiciste así?”?»
현대인의 성경 - 그러나 우리가 누군데 감히 하나님께 항의할 수 있겠습니까? 만들어진 물건이 그것을 만든 자에게 “왜 나를 이렇게 만들었습니까?” 하고 말할 수 있습니까?
Новый Русский Перевод - Но кто ты такой, человек, чтобы спорить с Богом? Разве говорит изделие тому, кто его сотворил: «Почему ты меня сделал таким?»
Восточный перевод - Но кто ты такой, человек, чтобы спорить со Всевышним? Разве говорит изделие своему мастеру: «Почему ты меня сделал таким?»
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Но кто ты такой, человек, чтобы спорить с Аллахом? Разве говорит изделие своему мастеру: «Почему ты меня сделал таким?»
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Но кто ты такой, человек, чтобы спорить со Всевышним? Разве говорит изделие своему мастеру: «Почему ты меня сделал таким?»
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Mais, qui es-tu donc toi, un homme, pour critiquer Dieu ? L’ouvrage demandera-t-il à l’ouvrier : « Pourquoi m’as-tu fait ainsi ? »
リビングバイブル - そんなことを言ってはなりません。神を非難するあなたは、いったい何者なのですか。造られた者が造った者に、「なぜ私をこのように造ったのですか」などと言ってよいでしょうか。
Nestle Aland 28 - ὦ ἄνθρωπε, μενοῦνγε σὺ τίς εἶ ὁ ἀνταποκρινόμενος τῷ θεῷ; μὴ ἐρεῖ τὸ πλάσμα τῷ πλάσαντι· τί με ἐποίησας οὕτως;
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ὦ ἄνθρωπε, μενοῦνγε σὺ τίς εἶ, ὁ ἀνταποκρινόμενος τῷ Θεῷ? μὴ ἐρεῖ τὸ πλάσμα, τῷ πλάσαντι, τί με ἐποίησας οὕτως?
Nova Versão Internacional - Mas quem é você, ó homem, para questionar a Deus? “Acaso aquilo que é formado pode dizer ao que o formou: ‘Por que me fizeste assim?’ ”
Hoffnung für alle - Darauf kann ich nur antworten: Wer seid ihr denn eigentlich, ihr Menschen, dass ihr meint, Gott zur Rechenschaft ziehen zu können? Glaubt ihr wirklich, dass ein Gefäß aus Ton den Töpfer fragt: »Warum hast du mich so gemacht?«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Thưa không, đừng nói vậy. Bạn là ai mà dám chất vấn Đức Chúa Trời? Lẽ nào một chiếc bình bằng đất dám hỏi người thợ gốm: “Sao ông nặn ra tôi thế này?”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - แต่มนุษย์เอ๋ย ท่านเป็นใครเล่าที่จะย้อนพระเจ้าได้? “ควรหรือที่สิ่งที่ถูกปั้นจะพูดกับช่างปั้นว่า ‘ทำไมถึงสร้างฉันอย่างนี้’?”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - มนุษย์เอ๋ย ท่านเป็นใครกันจึงพูดตอกกลับพระเจ้า “สิ่งที่ถูกปั้นขึ้นจะพูดกับผู้ปั้นได้หรือว่า ‘ทำไมท่านจึงปั้นเราแบบนี้’”

Cross Reference

1 Corinthians 7:16 - Wife, how do you know if you will save your husband? Husband, how do you know if you will save your wife?
Job 40:8 - “Would you dare to claim that I am not being fair? Would you judge me in order to make yourself seem right?
Titus 2:9 - Teach slaves to obey their masters in everything they do. Tell them to try to please their masters. They must not talk back to them.
Micah 6:8 - The Lord has shown you what is good. He has told you what he requires of you. You must act with justice. You must love to show mercy. And you must be humble as you live in the sight of your God.
Romans 2:1 - If you judge someone else, you have no excuse for it. When you judge another person, you are judging yourself. You do the same things you blame others for doing.
Job 40:5 - I spoke once. But I really don’t have any answer. I spoke twice. But I won’t say anything else.”
1 Corinthians 1:20 - Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where are the great thinkers of our time? Hasn’t God made the wisdom of the world foolish?
Job 42:2 - “I know that you can do anything. No one can keep you from doing what you plan to do.
Job 42:3 - You asked me, ‘Who do you think you are to disagree with my plans? You do not know what you are talking about.’ I spoke about things I didn’t completely understand. I talked about things that were too wonderful for me to know.
Job 42:4 - “You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will ask you some questions. Then I want you to answer me.’
Job 42:5 - My ears had heard about you. But now my own eyes have seen you.
Job 42:6 - So I hate myself. I’m really sorry for what I said about you. That’s why I’m sitting in dust and ashes.”
James 2:20 - You foolish person! Do you want proof that faith without good deeds is useless?
Job 38:2 - “Who do you think you are to disagree with my plans? You do not know what you are talking about.
Job 38:3 - Get ready to stand up for yourself. I will ask you some questions. Then I want you to answer me.
Matthew 20:15 - Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Do you feel cheated because I gave so freely to the others?’
Job 36:23 - Who has told him what he can do? Who has said to him, ‘You have done what is wrong’?
1 Timothy 6:5 - It stirs up trouble all the time among people whose minds are twisted by sin. The truth they once had has been taken away from them. They think they can get rich by being godly.
Job 16:3 - Your speeches go on forever. Won’t they ever end? What’s wrong with you? Why do you keep on arguing?
Job 40:2 - “I am the Mighty One. Will the man who argues with me correct me? Let him who brings charges against me answer me!”
Job 33:13 - Why do you claim that God never answers anybody’s questions?
Isaiah 64:8 - Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay. You are the potter. Your hands made all of us.
Isaiah 45:9 - 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”?
Isaiah 45:10 - How terrible it will be for anyone who says to a father, “Why did you give me life?” How terrible for anyone who says to a mother, “Why have you brought me into the world?”
Isaiah 45:11 - The Lord is the Holy One of Israel. He made them. He says to them, “Are you asking me about what will happen to my children? Are you telling me what I should do with what my hands have made?
Isaiah 29:16 - They turn everything upside down. How silly they are to think that potters are like the clay they work with! Can what is made say to the one who made it, “You didn’t make me”? Can the pot say to the potter, “You don’t know anything”?

Parallel Verses

Cross Reference

New International Reader's Version - 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 )
新标点和合本 - 你这个人哪，你是谁，竟敢向　神强嘴呢？受造之物岂能对造他的说：“你为什么这样造我呢？”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 你这个人哪，你是谁，竟敢向上帝顶嘴呢？受造之物岂会对造他的说：“你为什么把我造成这样呢？”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 你这个人哪，你是谁，竟敢向　神顶嘴呢？受造之物岂会对造他的说：“你为什么把我造成这样呢？”
当代译本 - 你这个人啊！你是谁啊？竟敢顶撞上帝！受造之物怎能对造物的说：“你为什么把我造成这样？”
圣经新译本 - 你这个人哪，你是谁，竟敢跟　神顶嘴呢？被造的怎么可以对造他的说：“你为什么把我做成这个样子呢？”
中文标准译本 - 哦，人哪！你到底是谁，竟然向神顶嘴呢？被造的难道可以对造它的说：“你为什么把我造成这样呢？”
现代标点和合本 - 你这个人哪，你是谁，竟敢向神强嘴呢？受造之物岂能对造他的说：“你为什么这样造我呢？”
和合本（拼音版） - 你这个人哪，你是谁，竟敢向上帝强嘴呢？受造之物岂能对造他的说：“你为什么这样造我呢？”
New International Version - But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this?’ ”
English Standard Version - But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?”
New Living Translation - No, don’t say that. Who are you, a mere human being, to argue with God? Should the thing that was created say to the one who created it, “Why have you made me like this?”
The Message - Who in the world do you think you are to second-guess God? Do you for one moment suppose any of us knows enough to call God into question? Clay doesn’t talk back to the fingers that mold it, saying, “Why did you shape me like this?” Isn’t it obvious that a potter has a perfect right to shape one lump of clay into a vase for holding flowers and another into a pot for cooking beans? If God needs one style of pottery especially designed to show his angry displeasure and another style carefully crafted to show his glorious goodness, isn’t that all right? Either or both happens to Jews, but it also happens to the other people. Hosea put it well: I’ll call nobodies and make them somebodies; I’ll call the unloved and make them beloved. In the place where they yelled out, “You’re nobody!” they’re calling you “God’s living children.” Isaiah maintained this same emphasis: If each grain of sand on the seashore were numbered and the sum labeled “chosen of God,” They’d be numbers still, not names; salvation comes by personal selection. God doesn’t count us; he calls us by name. Arithmetic is not his focus. Isaiah had looked ahead and spoken the truth: If our powerful God had not provided us a legacy of living children, We would have ended up like ghost towns, like Sodom and Gomorrah. How can we sum this up? All those people who didn’t seem interested in what God was doing actually embraced what God was doing as he straightened out their lives. And Israel, who seemed so interested in reading and talking about what God was doing, missed it. How could they miss it? Because instead of trusting God, they took over. They were absorbed in what they themselves were doing. They were so absorbed in their “God projects” that they didn’t notice God right in front of them, like a huge rock in the middle of the road. And so they stumbled into him and went sprawling. Isaiah (again!) gives us the metaphor for pulling this together: Careful! I’ve put a huge stone on the road to Mount Zion, a stone you can’t get around. But the stone is me! If you’re looking for me, you’ll find me on the way, not in the way.
Christian Standard Bible - On the contrary, who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”
New American Standard Bible - On the contrary, who are you, you foolish person, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, “Why did you make me like this,” will it?
New King James Version - But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”
Amplified Bible - On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers [arrogantly] back to God and dares to defy Him? Will the thing which is formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”
American Standard Version - Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?
King James Version - 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?
New English Translation - But who indeed are you – a mere human being – to talk back to God? Does what is molded say to the molder, “Why have you made me like this?”
World English Bible - But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”
新標點和合本 - 你這個人哪，你是誰，竟敢向神強嘴呢？受造之物豈能對造他的說：「你為甚麼這樣造我呢？」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 你這個人哪，你是誰，竟敢向上帝頂嘴呢？受造之物豈會對造他的說：「你為甚麼把我造成這樣呢？」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 你這個人哪，你是誰，竟敢向　神頂嘴呢？受造之物豈會對造他的說：「你為甚麼把我造成這樣呢？」
當代譯本 - 你這個人啊！你是誰啊？竟敢頂撞上帝！受造之物怎能對造物的說：「你為什麼把我造成這樣？」
聖經新譯本 - 你這個人哪，你是誰，竟敢跟　神頂嘴呢？被造的怎麼可以對造他的說：“你為甚麼把我做成這個樣子呢？”
呂振中譯本 - 但是人哪，你到底是誰，你這跟上帝頂嘴的？被塑造的哪能對塑造他的說：「你為甚麼造我像這樣呢？」
中文標準譯本 - 哦，人哪！你到底是誰，竟然向神頂嘴呢？被造的難道可以對造它的說：「你為什麼把我造成這樣呢？」
現代標點和合本 - 你這個人哪，你是誰，竟敢向神強嘴呢？受造之物豈能對造他的說：「你為什麼這樣造我呢？」
文理和合譯本 - 人乎、爾為誰、反詰上帝耶、受造之物、豈謂造之者云、爾何若是造我乎、
文理委辦譯本 - 我則曰、爾何人、敢詰上帝耶、受造之物、豈能對造者云、何造我若此乎、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我則曰、爾何人、敢詰問天主乎、受造之物、豈能對造者云、何造我若此乎、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 嗟爾蒼生、爾何人斯、乃敢質問天主！被製之物、豈能反詰製之者曰：汝何為而造我如此耶？
Nueva Versión Internacional - Respondo: ¿Quién eres tú para pedirle cuentas a Dios? «¿Acaso le dirá la olla de barro al que la modeló: “¿Por qué me hiciste así?”?»
현대인의 성경 - 그러나 우리가 누군데 감히 하나님께 항의할 수 있겠습니까? 만들어진 물건이 그것을 만든 자에게 “왜 나를 이렇게 만들었습니까?” 하고 말할 수 있습니까?
Новый Русский Перевод - Но кто ты такой, человек, чтобы спорить с Богом? Разве говорит изделие тому, кто его сотворил: «Почему ты меня сделал таким?»
Восточный перевод - Но кто ты такой, человек, чтобы спорить со Всевышним? Разве говорит изделие своему мастеру: «Почему ты меня сделал таким?»
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Но кто ты такой, человек, чтобы спорить с Аллахом? Разве говорит изделие своему мастеру: «Почему ты меня сделал таким?»
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Но кто ты такой, человек, чтобы спорить со Всевышним? Разве говорит изделие своему мастеру: «Почему ты меня сделал таким?»
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Mais, qui es-tu donc toi, un homme, pour critiquer Dieu ? L’ouvrage demandera-t-il à l’ouvrier : « Pourquoi m’as-tu fait ainsi ? »
リビングバイブル - そんなことを言ってはなりません。神を非難するあなたは、いったい何者なのですか。造られた者が造った者に、「なぜ私をこのように造ったのですか」などと言ってよいでしょうか。
Nestle Aland 28 - ὦ ἄνθρωπε, μενοῦνγε σὺ τίς εἶ ὁ ἀνταποκρινόμενος τῷ θεῷ; μὴ ἐρεῖ τὸ πλάσμα τῷ πλάσαντι· τί με ἐποίησας οὕτως;
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ὦ ἄνθρωπε, μενοῦνγε σὺ τίς εἶ, ὁ ἀνταποκρινόμενος τῷ Θεῷ? μὴ ἐρεῖ τὸ πλάσμα, τῷ πλάσαντι, τί με ἐποίησας οὕτως?
Nova Versão Internacional - Mas quem é você, ó homem, para questionar a Deus? “Acaso aquilo que é formado pode dizer ao que o formou: ‘Por que me fizeste assim?’ ”
Hoffnung für alle - Darauf kann ich nur antworten: Wer seid ihr denn eigentlich, ihr Menschen, dass ihr meint, Gott zur Rechenschaft ziehen zu können? Glaubt ihr wirklich, dass ein Gefäß aus Ton den Töpfer fragt: »Warum hast du mich so gemacht?«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Thưa không, đừng nói vậy. Bạn là ai mà dám chất vấn Đức Chúa Trời? Lẽ nào một chiếc bình bằng đất dám hỏi người thợ gốm: “Sao ông nặn ra tôi thế này?”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - แต่มนุษย์เอ๋ย ท่านเป็นใครเล่าที่จะย้อนพระเจ้าได้? “ควรหรือที่สิ่งที่ถูกปั้นจะพูดกับช่างปั้นว่า ‘ทำไมถึงสร้างฉันอย่างนี้’?”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - มนุษย์เอ๋ย ท่านเป็นใครกันจึงพูดตอกกลับพระเจ้า “สิ่งที่ถูกปั้นขึ้นจะพูดกับผู้ปั้นได้หรือว่า ‘ทำไมท่านจึงปั้นเราแบบนี้’”

1 Corinthians 7:16 - Wife, how do you know if you will save your husband? Husband, how do you know if you will save your wife?
Job 40:8 - “Would you dare to claim that I am not being fair? Would you judge me in order to make yourself seem right?
Titus 2:9 - Teach slaves to obey their masters in everything they do. Tell them to try to please their masters. They must not talk back to them.
Micah 6:8 - The Lord has shown you what is good. He has told you what he requires of you. You must act with justice. You must love to show mercy. And you must be humble as you live in the sight of your God.
Romans 2:1 - If you judge someone else, you have no excuse for it. When you judge another person, you are judging yourself. You do the same things you blame others for doing.
Job 40:5 - I spoke once. But I really don’t have any answer. I spoke twice. But I won’t say anything else.”
1 Corinthians 1:20 - Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where are the great thinkers of our time? Hasn’t God made the wisdom of the world foolish?
Job 42:2 - “I know that you can do anything. No one can keep you from doing what you plan to do.
Job 42:3 - You asked me, ‘Who do you think you are to disagree with my plans? You do not know what you are talking about.’ I spoke about things I didn’t completely understand. I talked about things that were too wonderful for me to know.
Job 42:4 - “You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will ask you some questions. Then I want you to answer me.’
Job 42:5 - My ears had heard about you. But now my own eyes have seen you.
Job 42:6 - So I hate myself. I’m really sorry for what I said about you. That’s why I’m sitting in dust and ashes.”
James 2:20 - You foolish person! Do you want proof that faith without good deeds is useless?
Job 38:2 - “Who do you think you are to disagree with my plans? You do not know what you are talking about.
Job 38:3 - Get ready to stand up for yourself. I will ask you some questions. Then I want you to answer me.
Matthew 20:15 - Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Do you feel cheated because I gave so freely to the others?’
Job 36:23 - Who has told him what he can do? Who has said to him, ‘You have done what is wrong’?
1 Timothy 6:5 - It stirs up trouble all the time among people whose minds are twisted by sin. The truth they once had has been taken away from them. They think they can get rich by being godly.
Job 16:3 - Your speeches go on forever. Won’t they ever end? What’s wrong with you? Why do you keep on arguing?
Job 40:2 - “I am the Mighty One. Will the man who argues with me correct me? Let him who brings charges against me answer me!”
Job 33:13 - Why do you claim that God never answers anybody’s questions?
Isaiah 64:8 - Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay. You are the potter. Your hands made all of us.
Isaiah 45:9 - 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”?
Isaiah 45:10 - How terrible it will be for anyone who says to a father, “Why did you give me life?” How terrible for anyone who says to a mother, “Why have you brought me into the world?”
Isaiah 45:11 - The Lord is the Holy One of Israel. He made them. He says to them, “Are you asking me about what will happen to my children? Are you telling me what I should do with what my hands have made?
Isaiah 29:16 - They turn everything upside down. How silly they are to think that potters are like the clay they work with! Can what is made say to the one who made it, “You didn’t make me”? Can the pot say to the potter, “You don’t know anything”?