20But 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?|


In Context

17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, |For this very purpose I caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.|

18 So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.

19 You will say then to me, |Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?|

20 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?|

21 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?

22 What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath made for destruction,

Romans 9:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:20Nay 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?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:20But 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?' "

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:20O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it: Why hast thou made me thus?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:20Nay 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?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:20Aye, but thou, O man, who art thou that answerest again to God? Shall the thing formed say to him that has formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:20Nay 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?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:20No, 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?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:20nay, but, O man, who art thou that art answering again to God? shall the thing formed say to Him who did form it, Why me didst thou make thus?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:20No but, O man, who are you that reply against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why have you made me thus?