9:19 You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who has ever resisted his will?” 9:20 But who indeed are you – a mere human being 1 – to talk back to God? 2 Does what is molded say to the molder, “Why have you made me like this?” 3 9:21 Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay 4 one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use? 5
1 tn Grk “O man.”
2 tn Grk “On the contrary, O man, who are you to talk back to God?”
3 sn A quotation from Isa 29:16; 45:9.
4 tn Grk “Or does not the potter have authority over the clay to make from the same lump.”
5 tn Grk “one vessel for honor and another for dishonor.”