Romans 9:21 “Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay…”

Romans 9:21

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?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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?

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?

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?

Geneva Bible 1599

Hath not the potter power of the clay to make of the same lumpe one vessell to honour, and another vnto dishonour?

Darby Translation

Or has not the potter authority over the clay, out of the same lump to make one vessel to honour, and another to dishonour?

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?

Bible in Basic English

Or has not the potter the right to make out of one part of his earth a vessel for honour, and out of another a vessel for shame?

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Cross references

“the potter”

Isaiah 64:8 Proverbs 16:4 Jeremiah 18:3–6 Romans 9:11 Romans 9:18

Isaiah 64:8 · BSB

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.

Proverbs 16:4 · BSB

The LORD has made everything for His purpose— even the wicked for the day of disaster.

Jeremiah 18:3–6 · BSB

So I went down to the potter’s house and saw him working at the wheel.

Romans 9:11 · BSB

Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,

Romans 9:18 · BSB

Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.

“one vessel”

Acts 9:15 Jeremiah 22:28 Hosea 8:8 Romans 9:22 Romans 9:23 2 Timothy 2:20

Acts 9:15 · BSB

“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.

Jeremiah 22:28 · BSB

Is this man Coniah a despised and shattered pot, a jar that no one wants? Why are he and his descendants hurled out and cast into a land they do not know?

Hosea 8:8 · BSB

Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.

Romans 9:22 · BSB

What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?

Romans 9:23 · BSB

What if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for glory—

2 Timothy 2:20 · BSB

A large house contains not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. Some indeed are for honorable use, but others are for common use.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”

22What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?

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