Jeremiah 18:4
Good News Translation
Whenever a piece of pottery turned out imperfect, he would take the clay and make it into something else.

New Revised Standard Version
The vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter’s hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as seemed good to him.

Contemporary English Version
And whenever the clay would not take the shape he wanted, he would change his mind and form it into some other shape.

New American Bible
Whenever the vessel of clay he was making turned out badly in his hand, he tried again, making another vessel of whatever sort he pleased.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the vessel was broken which he was making of clay with his hands: and turning he made another vessel, as it seemed good in his eyes to make it.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the vessel was broken which he was making of clay with his hands: and turning he made another vessel, as it seemed good in his eyes to make it.

made of clay was marred in.

Jeremiah 18:6 Cannot I do with you, as this potter, O house of Israel, saith the Lord? behold as clay is in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.

Isaiah 45:9 Woe to him that gainsayeth his maker, a sherd of the earthen pots: shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it: What art thou making, and thy work is without hands?

Romans 9:20-23 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? . . .

Context
The Potter and the Clay
3And I went down into the potter's house, and behold he was doing a work on the wheel. 4And the vessel was broken which he was making of clay with his hands: and turning he made another vessel, as it seemed good in his eyes to make it.5Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:…
Cross References
Jeremiah 18:3
And I went down into the potter's house, and behold he was doing a work on the wheel.

Jeremiah 18:5
Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Jeremiah 18:3
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