Jeremiah 18:4 Parallel Translations

Whenever a clay pot he was working on was ruined, he would rework it into a new clay pot the way he wanted to make it.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

ASV:

And when the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

BBE:

And when the vessel, which he was forming out of earth, got damaged in the hand of the potter, he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make it.

DBY:

And the vessel that he made was marred, as clay, in the hand of the potter; and he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make.

ERV:

And when the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

JPS:

And whensoever the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

WBS:

And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make it.

WEB:

When the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

YLT:

and marred is the vessel that he is making, as clay in the hand of the potter, and he hath turned and he maketh it another vessel, as it was right in the eyes of the potter to make.

Jeremiah 18:4 Cross References

XREF:

Jeremiah 18:3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and there he was, making something on the wheel.

Jeremiah 18:5 Then the word of the LORD came to me saying, (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

18:4 And the vessel that he made of {a} clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make [it].
(a) As the potter has power over the clay to make what pot he will, or to break them, when he has made them: so have I power over you to do with you as seems good to me, Isa 45:9, Ro 9:20,21.

MHC:

18:1-10 While Jeremiah looks upon the potter's work, God darts into his mind two great truths. God has authority, and power, to form and fashion kingdoms and nations as he pleases. He may dispose of us as he thinks fit; and it would be as absurd for us to dispute this, as for the clay to quarrel with the potter. But he always goes by fixed rules of justice and goodness. When God is coming against us in judgments, we may be sure it is for our sins; but sincere conversion from the evil of sin will prevent the evil of punishment, as to persons, and to families, and nations.

CONC:

Best Clay Damaged Formed Forming Got Hands Maketh Making Marred Pleased Pot Potter Potter's Remade Reworked Seemed Shaping Spoiled Vessel Whensoever

Best Clay Damaged Earth Eyes Formed Forming Good Hand Hands Maketh Making Marred Pleased Pot Potter Potter's Right Seemed Spoiled Turned Vessel Whensoever

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