Isaiah 45:9–10
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The Lord Gives a Warning
45:9One who argues with his creator is in grave danger,21
one who is like a mere22 shard among the other shards on the ground!
The clay should not say to the potter,23
“What in the world24 are you doing?
Your work lacks skill!”25
45:10Danger awaits one who says26 to his father,
“What in the world27 are you fathering?”
and to his mother,
“What in the world are you bringing forth?”28
Footnotes
- 21 Heb “Woe [to] the one who argues with the one who formed him.”
- 22 The words “one who is like a mere” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons and clarification.
- 23 Heb “Should the clay say to the one who forms it?” The rhetorical question anticipates a reply, “Of course not!”
- 24 The words “in the world” are supplied in the translation to approximate in English idiom the force of the sarcastic question.
- 25 Heb “your work, there are no hands for it,” i.e., “your work looks like something made by a person who has no hands.”
- 26 Heb “Woe [to] one who says” ( and both similar); “How terrible it will be.”
- 27 see the note at v. . This phrase occurs a second time later in this verse.
- 28 Verses 9–10 may allude to the exiles’ criticism that the Lord does not appear to know what he is doing.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
“Woe to him who strives with him who formed him,
a pot among earthen pots!
Does the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’
or ‘Your work has no handles’?
Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’
or to a woman, ‘With what are you in labor?’ ”
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
“Woe to those who quarrel with their Maker,
those who are nothing but potsherds
among the potsherds on the ground.
Does the clay say to the potter,
‘What are you making?’
Does your work say,
‘The potter has no hands’?
Woe to the one who says to a father,
‘What have you begotten?’
or to a mother,
‘What have you brought to birth?’
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
“Woe to the one who argues with his Maker—
one clay pot among many.
Does clay say to the one forming it,
‘What are you making?’
Or does your work say,
‘He has no hands’?
Woe to the one who says to his father,
‘What are you fathering?’
or to his mother,
‘What are you giving birth to?’ ”
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
“What sorrow awaits those who argue with their Creator.
Does a clay pot argue with its maker?
Does the clay dispute with the one who shapes it, saying,
‘Stop, you’re doing it wrong!’
Does the pot exclaim,
‘How clumsy can you be?’
How terrible it would be if a newborn baby said to its father,
‘Why was I born?’
or if it said to its mother,
‘Why did you make me this way?’ ”
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Woe to the one who strives with his maker,
a potsherd among potsherds of earth!
Does the clay say to the one who fashions it,
‘What are you making?’
and ‘Your work has no hands’?
Woe to the one who says to a father, ‘What you are begetting?’
or to a woman, ‘With what are you in labor?’ ”
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KJV 1900King James Version
Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker!
Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth.
Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou?
Or thy work, He hath no hands?
Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou?
Or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
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