Isaiah 29:16 Hebrew Word Analysis

0Surely your turning of things upside downהַ֨פְכְּכֶ֔םh2017
1אִםh518
2clayכְּחֹ֥מֶרh2563
13as the potter'sלְיֹצְר֖וֹh3335
4shall be esteemedיֵֽחָשֵׁ֑בh2803
5כִּֽיh3588
12sayאָמַ֥רh559
7for shall the workמַעֲשֶׂ֤הh4639
10it He madeעָשָׂ֔נִיh6213
9לֹ֣אh3808
10it He madeעָשָׂ֔נִיh6213
11me not or shall the thing framedוְיֵ֛צֶרh3336
12sayאָמַ֥רh559
13as the potter'sלְיֹצְר֖וֹh3335
14לֹ֥אh3808
15it He had no understandingהֵבִֽין׃h995

Other Translations

King James Version (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?

American Standard Version (ASV)

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?

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

You are turning things upside down! Is the wet earth the same to you as the one who is forming it? will the thing made say of him who made it, He made me not: or the thing formed say of him who gave it form, He has no knowledge?

Darby English Bible (DBY)

[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?

World English Bible (WEB)

You turn things upside down! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that the thing made should say of him who made it, He didn't make me; or the thing formed say of him who formed it, He has no understanding?

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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?'