Romans 9:21

21 Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?

Romans 9:21 in Other Translations

KJV
21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
ESV
21 Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?
NLT
21 When a potter makes jars out of clay, doesn’t he have a right to use the same lump of clay to make one jar for decoration and another to throw garbage into?
MSG
21 Isn't it obvious that a potter has a perfect right to shape one lump of clay into a vase for holding flowers and another into a pot for cooking beans?
CSB
21 Or has the potter no right over His clay, to make from the same lump one piece of pottery for honor and another for dishonor?

Romans 9:21 In-Context

19 One of you will say to me: “Then why does God still blame us? For who is able to resist his will?”
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?’ ”
21 Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?
22 What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction?
23 What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory—

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