Isaiah 29:16
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
You turn [things] around! 
 
2016: the contrary, contrariness, perversityfrom haphak
Shall the potterהַיֹּצֵ֖ר
(hai·yo·tzer)
3335: to form, fashiona prim. root
be consideredיֵֽחָשֵׁ֑ב
(ye·cha·shev;)
2803: to think, accounta prim. root
as equal with the clay,כְּחֹ֥מֶר
(ke·cho·mer)
2563a: cement, mortar, clayfrom chamar
That what is madeמַעֲשֶׂ֤ה
(ma·'a·seh)
4639: a deed, workfrom asah
would sayיֹאמַ֨ר
(yo·mar)
559: to utter, saya prim. root
to its maker,לְעֹשֵׂ֙הוּ֙
(le·'o·se·hu)
6213a: do, makea prim. root
"He did not makeעָשָׂ֔נִי
(a·sa·ni,)
6213a: do, makea prim. root
me"; Or whatוְיֵ֛צֶר
(ve·ye·tzer)
3336: a form, framing, purposefrom yatsar
is formedלְיֹוצְרֹ֖ו
(le·yo·vtz·rov)
3335: to form, fashiona prim. root
sayאָמַ֥ר
(a·mar)
559: to utter, saya prim. root
to him who formed 
 
3335: to form, fashiona prim. root
it, "He has noלֹ֣א
(lo)
3808: nota prim. adverb
understanding"?הֵבִֽין׃
(he·vin.)
995: to discerna prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
Surely your turning of things upside down
hophek  (ho'-fek)
an upset, i.e. (abstract) perversity -- turning of things upside down.
shall be esteemed
chashab  (khaw-shab')
to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (gen.) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute
as the potter's
yatsar  (yaw-tsar')
to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution) -- earthen, fashion, form, frame, make(-r), potter, purpose.
clay
chomer  (kho'mer)
a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure -- clay, heap, homer, mire, motion.
for shall the work
ma`aseh  (mah-as-eh')
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
say
'amar  (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
of him that made
`asah  (aw-saw')
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
it He made
`asah  (aw-saw')
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
me not or shall the thing framed
yetser  (yay'-tser)
a form; figuratively, conception (i.e. purpose) -- frame, thing framed, imagination, mind, work.
say
'amar  (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
of him that framed
yatsar  (yaw-tsar')
to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution) -- earthen, fashion, form, frame, make(-r), potter, purpose.
it He had no understanding
biyn  (bene)
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
You turn things around! Shall the potter be considered as equal with the clay, That what is made would say to its maker, "He did not make me"; Or what is formed say to him who formed it, "He has no understanding "?

King James Bible
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?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You have turned things around, as if the potter were the same as the clay. How can what is made say about its maker," He didn't make me"? How can what is formed say about the one who formed it," He doesn't understand what he's doing"?

International Standard Version
He has turned the tables on you — as if the potter were thought to be like heat. Can what is made say of the one who made it, 'He did not make me?' Or can what is formed say of the ones who formed it, 'He has no skill?'

NET Bible
Your thinking is perverse! Should the potter be regarded as clay? Should the thing made say about its maker, "He didn't make me"? Or should the pottery say about the potter, "He doesn't understand"?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You turn things upside down! Is the potter no better than his clay? Can something that has been made say about its maker, "He didn't make me"? Can a piece of pottery say about the potter, "He doesn't understand"?

King James 2000 Bible
Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the thing made say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing formed say of him that formed it, He had no understanding?
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