Isaiah 45:9
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Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker— one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?
In other translations
Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker— one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?
Hebrew words
הוֹיhowoe to!H1945רָבrav[one who] contendsH7378אֶת־'et-withH854יֹצְרוֹyotzero[the one who] formed himH3335חֶרֶשׂcheresa potsherdH2789אֶת־'et-withH854חַרְשֵׂיcharseipotsherds ofH2789אֲדָמָה'adamah[the] groundH127הֲיֹאמַרhayomar¿ does it sayH559חֹמֶרchomerclayH2563לְיֹצְרוֹleyotzeroto [the one who] forms itH3335מַה־mah-what?H4100תַּעֲשֶׂהta'asehare you makingH6213וּפָעָלְךָufa'alekhaand work yourH6467אֵין־'ein-notH369יָדַיִםyadayimhandsH3027לוֹ׃ סlo[belong] to <the> him
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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