Verse List for ROM 9:20

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Oh human, are you talking back to God? Can the creature that was made talk back to the maker and ask: ‘Why did you make me like this?’

OET-LV Oh person, indeed _rather you who are, the one answering _back to_ the _god?
Not will _be _saying the formed thing, to _the one having _formed it:
Why me you _made thus?

ULT O man, who indeed are you, the one answering against God? The one molded will not say to the one having molded, it, “Why did you make me this way?” will it?

UST Then I would say, “You mere human! You who argue with God are truly not worthy to do so! Who God has made surely must not say to God who made him, ‘You should not have made me to be like this!’ ”

BSB But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? [Shall] what is formed say to Him who formed [it], “Why did You make me like this?”[fn]

MSB But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? [Shall] what is formed say to Him who formed [it], “Why did You make me like this?”[fn]

BLB But rather, O man, who are you, answering against God? Shall the thing formed say to the One having formed it, "Why have you made me like this?"

AICNT But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?”[fn]

OEB I might rather ask “Who are you who are arguing with God?” Does a thing which a person has moulded say to the person who has moulded it “Why did you make me like this?”

WEBBE & WMBB But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”

NET But who indeed are you – a mere human being – to talk back to God? Does what is molded say to the molder, “Why have you made me like this?”

LSV No, but, O man, who are you that are answering again to God? Will the thing formed say to Him who formed [it], Why did you make me thus?

FBV That's no way to speak, for who are you—a mere mortal—to contradict God? Can something that is created say to its creator, “Why did you make me like this?”

TCNT On the contrary, O man, who are yoʋ to answer back to God? Shall the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why did yoʋ make me like this?”

T4T I would reply that since you (sg) are just a human being, ◄you do not have any right at all to criticize God!/who are you to say that what God does is wrong?► [RHQ] As a potter is the one who creates a clay pot, God is the one who created you. ◄A clay pot [MET] certainly would not have a right to criticize the potter by asking [PRS], “Why did you (sg) make me this way?”/Would a clay pot have a right to criticize the potter by asking [PRS], “Why did you (sg) make me this way?”► [RHQ]

LEB On the contrary, O man, who are you who answers back to God? Will what is molded say to the one who molded it, “Why did you make me like this”?[fn]

BBE But, O man, who are you, to make answer against God? May the thing which is made say to him who made it, Why did you make me so?

Moff But who are you, my man, to speak back to God? Is something a man has moulded to ask him who has moulded it, "Why did you make me like this?"

Wymth Nay, but who are you, a mere man, that you should cavil against GOD? Shall the thing moulded say to him who moulded it, "Why have you made me thus?"

ASV Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?

DRA O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it: Why hast thou made me thus?

YLT nay, but, O man, who art thou that art answering again to God? shall the thing formed say to Him who did form [it], Why me didst thou make thus?

Drby Aye, but thou, O man, who art thou that answerest again to [fn]God? Shall the thing formed say to him that has formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

RV Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?
(Nay but, Oh man, who art thou/you that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst/did thou/you make me thus?)

SLT Surely, O man, who art thou replying against God? Shall the formation say to him having formed, Why hast thou made me so.

Wbstr No, but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? shall the thing formed say to him that formed it , Why hast thou made me thus?

KJB-1769 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
(Nay but, Oh man, who art thou/you that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou/you made me thus?)

KJB-1611 Nay but O man, who art thou that [fn]repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps But O man, what art thou which disputest with God? Shall the worke say to the workeman, why hast thou made me on this fashion?
(But Oh man, what art thou/you which disputest with God? Shall the work say to the workman, why hast thou/you made me on this fashion?)

Gnva But, O man, who art thou which pleadest against God? shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
(But, Oh man, who art thou/you which pleadest/lead against God? shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou/you made me thus?)

Cvdl O thou man, who art thou, that disputest with God? Sayeth the worke to his workman: Why hast thou made me on this fashion?
(Oh thou/you man, who art thou/you, that disputest with God? Sayeth the work to his workman: Why hast thou/you made me on this fashion?)

TNT But o man what arte thou which disputest with God? Shall the worke saye to the workeman: why hast thou made me on this fassion?
(But o man what art thou/you which disputest with God? Shall the work say to the workman: why hast thou/you made me on this fassion?)

Wycl O! man, who art thou, that answerist to God? Whether a maad thing seith to hym that made it, What hast thou maad me so?
(O! man, who art thou/you, that answerist to God? Whether a made thing saith/says to him that made it, What hast thou/you made me so?)

Luth Ja, lieber Mensch, wer bist du denn, daß du mit GOtt rechten willst? Spricht auch ein Werk zu seinem Meister: Warum machst du mich also?
(Yes, love(v) person, who are you(sg) because/than, that you(sg) with God right want? Speakt also a work to/for his master: Why make/do you(sg) me also?)

ClVg O homo, tu quis es, qui respondeas Deo? numquid dicit figmentum ei qui se finxit: Quid me fecisti sic?[fn]
(O man, you(sg) who/any you_are, who/which respondeas to_God? is_it he_says fiction to_him who/which himself finxit: What me you_did sic?)

SR-GNT Ὦ ἄνθρωπε, μενοῦνγε σὺ τίς εἶ, ὁ ἀνταποκρινόμενος τῷ ˚Θεῷ; Μὴ ἐρεῖ τὸ πλάσμα, τῷ πλάσαντι, “Τί με ἐποίησας οὕτως;” ‡

UGNT ὦ ἄνθρωπε, μενοῦνγε σὺ τίς εἶ, ὁ ἀνταποκρινόμενος τῷ Θεῷ? μὴ ἐρεῖ τὸ πλάσμα, τῷ πλάσαντι, τί με ἐποίησας οὕτως?

SBL-GNT ⸂ὦ ἄνθρωπε, μενοῦνγε⸃ σὺ τίς εἶ ὁ ἀνταποκρινόμενος τῷ θεῷ; μὴ ἐρεῖ τὸ πλάσμα τῷ πλάσαντι Τί με ἐποίησας οὕτως;

RP-GNT Μενοῦνγε, ὦ ἄνθρωπε, σὺ τίς εἶ ὁ ἀνταποκρινόμενος τῷ θεῷ; Μὴ ἐρεῖ τὸ πλάσμα τῷ πλάσαντι, Τί με ἐποίησας οὕτως;

TC-GNT [fn]μενοῦνγε, ὦ ἄνθρωπε, σὺ τίς εἶ ὁ ἀνταποκρινόμενος τῷ Θεῷ; μὴ ἐρεῖ τὸ πλάσμα τῷ πλάσαντι, Τί με ἐποίησας οὕτως;