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Jeremiah 18:4

And the vessel he was making of clay was sspoiled in the potter’s hand, and the reworked it into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to do.

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Jeremiah 18:4 — The New International Version (NIV)

But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.

Jeremiah 18:4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

Jeremiah 18:4 — New Living Translation (NLT)

But the jar he was making did not turn out as he had hoped, so he crushed it into a lump of clay again and started over.

Jeremiah 18:4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make.

Jeremiah 18:4 — New Century Version (NCV)

He was using his hands to make a pot from clay, but something went wrong with it. So he used that clay to make another pot the way he wanted it to be.

Jeremiah 18:4 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And when the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

Jeremiah 18:4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And the vessel that he made was marred, as clay, in the hand of the potter; and he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make.

Jeremiah 18:4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Whenever a clay pot he was working on was ruined, he would rework it into a new clay pot the way he wanted to make it. 

Jeremiah 18:4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

But the jar that he was making from the clay became flawed in the potter’s hand, so he made it into another jar, as it seemed right for him to do.

Jeremiah 18:4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

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.

Jeremiah 18:4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

And the vessel that he was making with the clay was spoiled in the hand of the potter, so he made again another vessel, as it was right in the eyes of the potter to make.

Jeremiah 18:4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

His hands were shaping a pot out of clay. But he saw that something was wrong with it. So he formed it into another pot. He shaped it in the way that seemed best to him.

Jeremiah 18:4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

But the vessel that he was making of clay was spoiled in the hand of the potter; so he remade it into another vessel, as it pleased the potter to make.


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