Romans 9:19–21

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 being37—to talk back to God?38 Does what is molded say to the molder, “Why have you made me like this?”39 9:21 Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay40 one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use?41

37	tn Grk “O man.”
38	tn Grk “On the contrary, O man, who are you to talk back to God?”
39	sn A quotation from Isa 29:16; 45:9.
40	tn Grk “Or does not the potter have authority over the clay to make from the same lump.”
41	tn Grk “one vessel for honor and another for dishonor.”