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Romans 9:20

20 But who are you, O man, ato answer back to God? bWill what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?”

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Romans 9:20 — The New International Version (NIV)

20 But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this?’ ”

Romans 9:20 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

20 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?

Romans 9:20 — New Living Translation (NLT)

20 No, don’t say that. Who are you, a mere human being, to argue with God? Should the thing that was created say to the one who created it, “Why have you made me like this?”

Romans 9:20 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”

Romans 9:20 — New Century Version (NCV)

20 You are only human, and human beings have no right to question God. An object should not ask the person who made it, “Why did you make me like this?”

Romans 9:20 — American Standard Version (ASV)

20 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?

Romans 9:20 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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

Romans 9:20 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

20 Who do you think you are to talk back to God like that? Can an object that was made say to its maker, “Why did you make me like this?”

Romans 9:20 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

20 But who are you, a mere man, to talk back to God? Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”

Romans 9:20 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

20 But who indeed are you, a human being, to argue with God? Will what is molded say to the one who molds it, “Why have you made me like this?”

Romans 9:20 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

20 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”?

Romans 9:20 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

20 But you are a mere man. So who are you to talk back to God? Scripture says, “Can what is made say to the one who made it, ‘Why did you make me like this?’ ”

Romans 9:20 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

20 On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, “Why did you make me like this,” will it?


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