Isaiah 40:18
“¶ To whom then will ye liken God? or what likenesse will ye compare vnto him?”
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Isaiah 40:18 Context
16And Lebanon is not sufficient to burne, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offring. 17All nations before him are as nothing, and they are counted to him lesse then nothing, and vanitie. 18¶ To whom then will ye liken God? or what likenesse will ye compare vnto him? 19The workeman melteth a grauen image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it ouer with golde, and casteth siluer chaines. 20He that is so impouerished that he hath no oblation, chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh vnto him a cunning workeman, to prepare a grauen image that shall not be mooued.
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Other Translations for Isaiah 40:18
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
- King James Version
To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare with Him?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
- American Standard Version (1901)
Whom then is God like, in your opinion? or what will you put forward as a comparison with him?
- Basic English Bible
To whom then will ye liken God? and what likeness will ye compare unto him?
- Darby Bible
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare to him?
- Webster's Bible
To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?
- World English Bible
And unto whom do ye liken God, And what likeness do ye compare to Him?
- Youngs Literal Bible
To whom then will ye liken God? Or what likeness will ye compare unto Him?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Isaiah 40:18
40:18 To whom - This is a proper inference from the foregoing discourse of God's infinite greatness; from whence he takes occasion to shew both the folly of those that make mean and visible representations of God, and the utter inability of men or idols to give any opposition to God.