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Isaiah 45:9

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 9 Woe to the one who contends* with his Maker,*
  For he is just an earthenware fragment
  Among the other earthenware fragments lying on the ground!
  
  Should the clay say to the Potter:* “What are you making?”+
  
  Or should your work say: “He has no hands”?*

Isaiah 45:9

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 9 Woe to the one who contends* with his Maker,*
  For he is just an earthenware fragment
  Among the other earthenware fragments lying on the ground!
  
  Should the clay say to the Potter:* “What are you making?”+
  
  Or should your work say: “He has no hands”?*

Isaiah 45:9

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 9 Woe to the one that has contended with his Former,+ as an earthenware fragment with the other earthenware fragments of the ground! Should the clay+ say to its former: “What do you make?” And your achievement [say]: “He has no hands”?

Isaiah 45:9

The Bible in Living English
- 9 ** Ha, man that wrangles with his Framer! a broken dish with the crockery-makers! will clay say to its potter “What are you doing, your work is a botch”?

Isaiah 45:9

American Standard Version
- 9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

Isaiah 45:9

The Emphasized Bible
- 9 Alas for him who contendeth with his Fashioner,—A potsherd [should contend] with the potsherds of the ground! Shall it be said by the clay unto him that is fashioning it, What wouldst thou make? Or thy work [say of thee], He hath no hands?

Isaiah

Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
- 45:9 bf 221; w62 488; w53 723