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 Por tanto, he aquí que nuevamente excitaré yo la admiración de este pueblo con un prodigio grande y espantoso; porque perecerá la sabiduría de sus sabios, y se desvanecerá la prudencia de sus prudentes.

15 ¡Ay de los que se esconden de Jehová, encubriendo el consejo, y sus obras son en tinieblas, y dicen: ¿Quién nos ve, y quién nos conoce?

16 Vuestra subversión ciertamente será reputada como el barro del alfarero. ¿La obra dirá de su hacedor, No me hizo; y dirá el vaso de aquel que lo ha formado, No entendió?

17 ¿No será tornado de aquí á muy poco tiempo el Líbano en Carmelo, y el Carmelo será estimado por bosque?

18 Y en aquel tiempo los sordos oirán las palabras del libro, y los ojos de los ciegos verán en medio de la oscuridad y de las tinieblas.

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What Does Isaiah 29:16 Mean?

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