Isaiah 45:9
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?”
מָה
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
עָשָׂה
are you making
Expand ↓
עָשָׂה
To do, to make, to accomplish. Asah. God looked at everything He had made and called it very good. Your life is also His asah. He is still working on it.
tap to close ↑
חֹמֶר
clay
Expand ↓
חֹמֶר
properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure
tap to close ↑
רִיב
one who contends
Expand ↓
רִיב
properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
tap to close ↑
יָד
hands
Expand ↓
יָד
Hand. Yad. The hand as the symbol of power and action. When God's hand rests on a life nothing is impossible.
tap to close ↑
יָצַר
the one who formed/ him
Expand ↓
יָצַר
to mould into a form; especially as apotter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
tap to close ↑
חֶרֶשׂ
a potsherd
Expand ↓
חֶרֶשׂ
a piece of pottery
tap to close ↑