Isaiah 29:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?”
Isaiah 29:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Isaiah 29:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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Isaiah 29:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“You turn things upside down! Should the potter be thought to be like clay, that the thing made should say about him who made it, “He didn’t make me;” or the thing formed say of him who formed it, “He has no understanding”?”
Isaiah 29:16 — World English Bible
Isaiah 29:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Ye turn things upside down! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that the thing made should say of him that made it, He made me not; or the thing formed say of him that formed it, He hath no understanding? ”
Isaiah 29:16 — American Standard Version
Isaiah 29:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Your perversion! as clay is the potter esteemed? That the work saith of its maker, `He hath not made me?' And the framed thing said of its framer, `He did not understand?'”
Isaiah 29:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Isaiah 29:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“[Oh] your perverseness! — Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay, so that the work should say of him that made it, He made me not; or the thing formed say of him that formed it, He hath no understanding? ”
Isaiah 29:16 — Darby Translation
Isaiah 29:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Your turning of deuises shall it not be esteemed as the potters clay? for shall the worke say of him that made it, Hee made me not? or the thing formed, say of him that facioned it, He had none vnderstanding?”
Isaiah 29:16 — Geneva Bible
Isaiah 29:16 in Context — Isaiah 29
14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
16 Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
17 Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?
18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
What Does Isaiah 29:16 Mean?
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