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Romans 9:19-26 CEV Someone may ask, "How can God blame us, if he makes us behave in the way he wants us to?" (20) But, my friend, I ask, "Who do you think you are to question God? Does the clay have the right to ask the potter why he shaped it the way he did? (21) Doesn't a potter have the right to make a fancy bowl and a plain bowl out of the same lump of clay?" (22) God wanted to show his anger and reveal his power against everyone who deserved to be destroyed. But instead, he patiently put up with them. (23) He did this by showing how glorious he is when he has pity on the people he has chosen to share in his glory. (24) Whether Jews or Gentiles, we (those who put faith in Christ - Gal 3:26-29) are those chosen ones, (25) just as the Lord says in the book of Hosea, "Although they are not my people, I will make them my people. I will treat with love those nations that have never been loved. (26) "Once they were told, 'You are not my people.' But in that very place they will be called children of the living God."
Romans 9:19-26 NWT 19 You will therefore say to me: “Why does he yet find fault? For who has withstood his express will?” 20 O man, who, then, really are you to be answering back to God? Shall the thing molded say to him that molded it, “Why did you make me this way?” 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? 22 If, now, God, although having the will to demonstrate his wrath and to make his power known, tolerated with much long-suffering vessels of wrath made fit for destruction, 23 in order that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory, 24 namely, us (those who put faith in Christ - Gal 3:26-29), whom he called not only from among Jews but also from among nations, [what of it]? 25 It is as he says also in Ho·se´a: “Those not my people I will call ‘my people,’ and her who was not beloved ‘beloved’; 26 and in the place where it was said to them, ‘YOU are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”
Romans 9:19-26 BBE But you will say to me, Why does he still make us responsible? who is able to go against his purpose? (20) But, O man, who are you, to make answer against God? May the thing which is made say to him who made it, Why did you make me so? (21) Or has not the potter the right to make out of one part of his earth a vessel for honour, and out of another a vessel for shame? (22) What if God, desiring to let his wrath and his power be seen, for a long time put up with the vessels of wrath which were ready for destruction: (23) And to make clear the wealth of his glory to vessels of mercy, which he had before made ready for glory, (24) Even us (those who put faith in Christ - Gal 3:26-29), who were marked out by him, not only from the Jews, but from the Gentiles? (25) As he says in Hosea, They will be named my people who were not my people, and she will be loved who was not loved. (26) And in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, there they will be named the sons of the living God.
Romans 9:19-26 GNB But one of you will say to me, "If this is so, how can God find fault with anyone? Who can resist God's will?" (20) 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?" (21) After all, the man who makes the pots has the right to use the clay as he wishes, and to make two pots from the same lump of clay, one for special occasions and the other for ordinary use. (22) And the same is true of what God has done. He wanted to show his anger and to make his power known. But he was very patient in enduring those who were the objects of his anger, who were doomed to destruction. (23) And he also wanted to reveal his abundant glory, which was poured out on us who are the objects of his mercy, those of us whom he has prepared to receive his glory. (24) For we are the people he called (those who put faith in Christ - Gal 3:26-29), not only from among the Jews but also from among the Gentiles. (25) This is what he says in the book of Hosea: "The people who were not mine I will call 'My People.' The nation that I did not love I will call 'My Beloved.' (26) And in the very place where they were told, 'You are not my people,' there they will be called the children of the living God."
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You will note the reference windows often include more than one translation of the Bible. The reason is to strive to gain the best possible understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek. Since we don't speak those languages, we rely on those who have come before and made the effort to translate those texts into English for us. Considering several translations gives the benefit of the understanding of several translation committees or individuals.
The Translations we quote are:
ALT - Analytical Literal Translation
ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).
BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English
Bishops - 1568 Bishop's Bible
Calvin - 1856 by Calvin Translation Society
CEV - Contemporary English Version
Coverdale - 1535 Miles Coverdale Bible
Darby - 1889 Darby Bible
DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible
ESV - English Standard Version
GNB - Good News Bible
GW - God's Word Bible
ISV - International Standard Version
KJV - 1769 King James Version
KJV-1611 - Old King James Version from 1611
LitNT - Literal New Testament
LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible
MKJV - 1962 Modern King James Version
Murdock - 1851 James Murdock New Testament
MWT - Modern World Translation
NWT - New World Translation
RV - Revised Version
Webster - 1833 Webster Bible
WTNT - 1525-26 William Tyndale New Testament
Wycliffe - 1394 Wycliffe Bible
YLT - 1862/1898 Young's Literal Translation
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