Jeremia 18:4

Lutherbibel

Und der Topf, den er aus dem Ton machte, mißriet ihm unter den Händen. Da machte er einen andern Topf daraus, wie es ihm gefiel.

Parallel Translations

Schlachter Bibel (1951)
Das Gefäß, welches er aus Ton machte, mißlang dem Töpfer unter den Händen. Da fing er von neuem an und machte daraus ein anderes Gefäß, wie es in den Augen des Töpfers richtig war.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

made of clay was marred in: or, made was marred, as clay in, made it again. Heb. returned and made. as. Jeremiah 18:6, Isaiah 45:9, Romans 9:20-23

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 13:33 - made again Jeremiah 13:9 - After

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the vessel that he made of clay,.... Which is the matter the vessel is made of:

was marred in the hand of the potter; while he was working it; either it fell, as the Septuagint version renders it, out of his hands, or from the beam on which it was laid; or was spoiled by some means or other, so that it was not fit for the purpose he first intended it: or the words should be read, according to some copies, "and the vessel was marred which he made, as clay in the hand of the potter" r; while it was clay; or moist, as Jarchi interprets it; and while it was in his hands, forming and fashioning it:

so he made it again another vessel; put it into another form and shape it would better serve:

as seemed good to the potter to make [it]; just as he pleased, and as his judgment in his art directed him; he having power over the clay to mould it as he would, and as it best answered so to do.

r ונשחת הכלי אשר הוא עשה כחמר ביד היוצר "sed corruptum est vas quod ille ficiens (erat) sicud lutum (solet) in manu figuli", Schmidt, Montanus. So Abarbinel; and thus it is read in the margin of our Bibles.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 18:4. The 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.