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?
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?'
Darby: 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?
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?
| הַ֨פְכְּכֶ֔ם | You have turned things around |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine plural Root: הֵפֶךְ Sense: (Qal) perverseness, perversity. |
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| אִם־ | surely |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: אִם Sense: if. |
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| כְּחֹ֥מֶר | as the clay |
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Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: חֹמֶר Sense: cement, mortar, clay. |
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| הַיֹּצֵ֖ר | the potter |
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Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular Root: יׄוצֵר Sense: to form, fashion, frame. |
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| יֵֽחָשֵׁ֑ב | shall be esteemed |
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Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: חָשַׁב Sense: to think, plan, esteem, calculate, invent, make a judgment, imagine, count. |
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| יֹאמַ֨ר | shall say |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter. |
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| מַעֲשֶׂ֤ה | the thing made |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: מַעֲשֶׂה Sense: deed, work. |
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| לְעֹשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ | of him who made it |
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Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: עָשָׂה Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make. |
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| עָשָׂ֔נִי | He did make me |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular, first person common singular Root: עָשָׂה Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make. |
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| וְיֵ֛צֶר | Or the thing formed |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular Root: יֵצֶר Sense: form, framing, purpose, framework. |
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| אָמַ֥ר | shall say |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter. |
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| לְיוֹצְר֖וֹ | of him who formed it |
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Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: יׄוצֵר Sense: to form, fashion, frame. |
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| לֹ֥א | no |
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Parse: Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no. |
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| הֵבִֽין | He has understanding |
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Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: בִּין Sense: to discern, understand, consider. |
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