Why hast thou made me thus

More than you might think. Learn more. Romans 20 But who are you, O man, a to answer back to God? Show footnotes. Hide footnotes. Sign up for the Verse of the Day Get beautiful Bible art delivered to your inbox.

Forgot your password? Create account. She was an odd looking individual. I was reminded about the verse in Romans where it says, "Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? See All It is amazing to think of all of the things that people do to change the way that God created them.

New International Version But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? Who are you, a mere human being, to argue with God? Shall the thing formed say to the One having formed it , "Why have you made me like this? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it , Why hast thou made me thus? Amplified Bible On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers [arrogantly] back to God and dares to defy Him?

Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus? Aramaic Bible in Plain English Therefore, who are you, oh son of man, that you give a rebuttal to God? Does the clay have the right to ask the potter why he shaped it the way he did? Douay-Rheims Bible O man, who art thou that repliest against God?

Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it: Why hast thou made me thus? Good News Translation But who are you, my friend, to talk back to God?

A clay pot does not ask the man who made it, "Why did you make me like this? But Paul turns the question back on mankind: Who are we, as mortal human beings, to answer back to God? God is the One who molded Adam from the dust of the ground Genesis and who puts all of us together in our mother's womb Psalm Can the one who is molded talk back to the One who molded him and demand he ought to have been made in some other way?

The assumed answer, of course, is no. Created things don't talk back to their maker.