Jeremiah 18:4

Jeremiah 18:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
• New International Version (NIV)But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter's hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to do.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make.

Context of Jeremiah 18:4

2“Go to the potter’s house. There I will give you my message.” 3I went to the potter’s house, and he was working there at his wheel. Whenever a clay pot he was working on was ruined, he would rework it into a new clay pot the way he wanted to make it. 5The Lord spoke his word to me. The Lord asked, 6“Nation of Israel, can’t I do with you as this potter does with clay? Nation of Israel, you are like the clay in the potter’s hands.

Jeremiah 18:4 word by word

וְנִשְׁחַ֣ת הַכְּלִ֗י אֲשֶׁ֨ר ה֥וּא עֹשֶׂ֛ה בַּחֹ֖מֶר בְּיַ֣ד הַיּוֹצֵ֑ר וְשָׁ֗ב וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ כְּלִ֣י אַחֵ֔ר כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר יָשַׁ֛ר בְּעֵינֵ֥י הַיּוֹצֵ֖ר לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the vesselכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
• that he madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• of clayחֹ֫מֶרchômer · clayH2563
• was marredשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• in the handיָדyâd · handH3027
• of the potterיָצַרyâtsar · to form: potterH3335
• it againשׁוּבshûb · to return: againH7725
• anotherאַחֵר'achêr · anotherH312
• as seemedעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: appearanceH5869
• goodיָשַׁרyâshar · to smoothH3474
• to makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213

Cross-references for Jeremiah 18:4

• Jeremiah 18:6“Nation of Israel, can’t I do with you as this potter does with clay? Nation of Israel, you are like the clay in the potter’s hands.
• Isaiah 45:9How horrible it will be for the one who quarrels with his maker. He is pottery among other earthenware pots. Does the clay ask the one who shapes it, “What are you making?” Does your work say to you, “There are no handles”?
• Romans 9:20Who do you think you are to talk back to God like that? Can an object that was made say to its maker, “Why did you make me like this?”

Commentaries on Jeremiah 18:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4The vessel - was marred in the hands of the potter - It did not stand in the working; it got out of shape; or some gravel or small stone having been incorporated with the mass of clay, made a breach in that part where it was found, so that the potter was obliged to knead up the clay afresh, place it on the wheel, and form it anew; and then it was such a vessel as seemed good to the potter to make it.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4Jeremiah watched the potter shape a clay jar. The potter then crushed it and began again.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. marred--spoiled. "Of clay" is the true reading, which was corrupted into "as clay" (Margin), through the similarity of the two Hebrew letters, and from Jr 18:6, "as the clay."Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 18:4

• Pottery

In the dictionaries

• Clay
• Smite
• Wag
• Good
• Potter; Pottery
• Providence
• Handicraft

Commentaries on Jeremiah 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings