Popular Bible Verses about Clay

Found 46 Verses

2 Corinthians 4:7

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But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. NIV

However, we possess this precious treasure [the divine Light of the Gospel] in [frail, human] vessels of earth, that the grandeur and exceeding greatness of the power may be shown to be from God and not from ourselves. AMP

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. KJV

John 9:11

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He replied, "The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see." NIV

He replied, The Man called Jesus made mud and smeared it on my eyes and said to me, Go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and I obtained my sight! AMP

He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight. KJV

Isaiah 64:8

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Yet you, LORD, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand. NIV

Yet, O Lord, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You our Potter, and we all are the work of Your hand. AMP

But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. KJV

John 9:14

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Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened the man's eyes was a Sabbath. NIV

Now it was on the Sabbath day that Jesus mixed the mud and opened the man's eyes. AMP

And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. KJV

John 9:15

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Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. "He put mud on my eyes," the man replied, "and I washed, and now I see." NIV

So now again the Pharisees asked him how he received his sight. And he said to them, He smeared mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I see. AMP

Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see. KJV

Habakkuk 2:6

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"Will not all of them taunt him with ridicule and scorn, saying, "Woe to him who piles up stolen goods and makes himself wealthy by extortion! How long must this go on?'"" NIV

Shall not all these [victims of his greed] take up a taunt against him and in scoffing derision of him say, Woe to him who piles up that which is not his! [How long will he possess it?] And [woe to him] who loads himself with promissory notes for usury! AMP

Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay! KJV

John 9:6

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Having said this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man's eyes. NIV

When He had said this, He spat on the ground and made clay (mud) with His saliva, and He spread it [as ointment] on the man's eyes. AMP

When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, KJV

Job 14:22

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"They feel but the pain of their own bodies and mourn only for themselves." NIV

But his body [lamenting its decay in the grave] shall grieve over him, and his soul shall mourn [over the body of clay which it once enlivened]. AMP

But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn. KJV

Job 10:9

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Remember that you molded me like clay. Will you now turn me to dust again? NIV

Remember [earnestly], I beseech You, that You have fashioned me as clay [out of the same earth material, exquisitely and elaborately]. And will You bring me into dust again? AMP

Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? KJV

Numbers 5:17

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Then he shall take some holy water in a clay jar and put some dust from the tabernacle floor into the water. NIV

And the priest shall take holy water [probably from the sacred laver] in an earthen vessel and take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it in the water. AMP

And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water: KJV