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  • Romans 9:21
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 21 What? Does not the potter have authority over the clay+ to make from the same lump one vessel for an honorable use, another for a dishonorable use?

  • Romans 9:21
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 21 ἢ Or οὐκ not ἔχει is having ἐξουσίαν authority ὁ the κεραμεὺς potter τοῦ of the πηλοῦ clay ἐκ out of τοῦ the αὐτοῦ very φυράματος lump ποιῆσαι to make ὃ which (one) μὲν indeed εἰς into τιμὴν honor σκεῦος, vessel, ὃ which (one) δὲ but εἰς into ἀτιμίαν; dishonor?

  • Romans 9:21
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 21 What? Does not the potter+ have authority over the clay to make from the same lump one vessel for an honorable use, another for a dishonorable use?+

  • Romans 9:21
    The Bible in Living English
    • 21 Or does the potter not have a right to manage the clay, to make out of the same mass part into a vessel destined for honor and part into one for ignominy?

  • Romans 9:21
    American Standard Version
    • 21 Or hath not the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?

  • Romans 9:21
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 21 Or hath not the potter a right over the clay—Out of the same lump To make some indeed into a vessel for honour, And some for dishonour?

  • Romans 9:21
    King James Version
    • 21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?

  • Romans
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 9:21 it-2 658; w13 6/15 25-26; w99 2/1 10

  • Romans
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 9:21 w65 361; w53 344; w51 276; w48 358

  • Romans
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 9:21

      Insight, Volume 2, p. 658

      The Watchtower,

      6/15/2013, pp. 25-26

      2/1/1999, p. 10

  • Romans Study Notes—Chapter 9
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 9:21

      the potter: A maker of earthenware pots, dishes, and other vessels. The Greek term ke·ra·meusʹ comes from a root meaning “to mix,” perhaps referring to the need to mix water with the soil or clay to prepare it for use. The Hebrew word for potter (yoh·tserʹ) literally means “former” or “one forming.” In the Hebrew Scriptures, the potter’s authority, or right, over the clay is used a number of times to illustrate God’s sovereignty over individuals and nations.​—Isa 29:16; 45:9; 64:8; Jer 18:1-12.

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