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?
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the potter.

Romans 9:11, 18
Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God's plan of election might stand, . . .

Proverbs 16:4
The LORD has made everything for His purpose--even the wicked for the day of disaster.

Isaiah 64:8
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.

Jeremiah 18:3-6
So I went down to the potter's house and saw him working at the wheel. . . .

one vessel.

Romans 9:22, 23
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? . . .

Jeremiah 22:28
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
Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.

Acts 9:15
"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.

2 Timothy 2:20, 21
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. . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for common use?

King James Bible
Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Or has the potter no right over the clay, to make from the same lump one piece of pottery for honor and another for dishonor?

International Standard Version
A potter has the right to do what he wants to with his clay, doesn't he? He can make something for a special occasion or something for ordinary use from the same lump of clay.

NET Bible
Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Or is not a potter authorized over the clay to make some formed things from it, one vessel for honor and one for dishonor?
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