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Rom 9:20 uses the analogy of God being a potter and we are the work of his hands. This quote alludes to Job 9:32. This is in line with the idea that God is building a man, an analogy similar to a potter making a pot. However, Romans 9 refers to the nation of Israel corporately. So this is another reference in the NT to Job, that Job doesn’t just represent a single man, but a plural man, and even the nation of Israel.

This section on Israel being grafted in is concluded in Rom 11:33 “O the dept of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!” This quote parallels Job 35:7. And Rom. 11:34 - For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? Parallels Job 21:22. Rom. 11:35 – “Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?” is quoted from Job 41:11