| Isaiah 40:18 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare with Him? (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | To whom, then, can you compare God? To what statue can you compare him?(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? |
| ASV: | To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? |
| BBE: | Whom then is God like, in your opinion? or what will you put forward as a comparison with him? |
| DBY: | To whom then will ye liken łGod? and what likeness will ye compare unto him? |
| ERV: | To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? |
| JPS: | To whom then will ye liken God? Or what likeness will ye compare unto Him? |
| WBS: | To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare to him? |
| WEB: | To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him? |
| YLT: | And unto whom do ye liken God, And what likeness do ye compare to Him? |
| Isaiah 40:18 Cross References |
| XREF: | Exodus 8:10 Then he said, "Tomorrow." So he said, "May it be according to your word, that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God.
Exodus 15:11 "Who is like You among the gods, O LORD? Who is like You, majestic in holiness, Awesome in praises, working wonders?
1 Samuel 2:2 "There is no one holy like the LORD, Indeed, there is no one besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God.
Isaiah 40:25 "To whom then will you liken Me That I would be his equal?" says the Holy One.
Isaiah 46:5 "To whom would you liken Me And make Me equal and compare Me, That we would be alike?
Micah 7:18 Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity And passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in unchanging love.
Acts 17:29 "Being then the children of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and thought of man. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 40:18 To whom then {u} will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare to him?
(u) By this he arms them against the idolatry with which they would be tempted in Babylon. |
| WES: | 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. |
| MHC: | 40:18-26 Whatever we esteem or love, fear or hope in, more than God, that creature we make equal with God, though we do not make images or worship them. He that is so poor, that he has scarcely a sacrifice to offer, yet will not be without a god of his own. They spared no cost upon their idols; we grudge what is spent in the service of our God. To prove the greatness of God, the prophet appeals to all ages and nations. Those who are ignorant of this, are willingly ignorant. God has the command of all creatures, and of all created things. The prophet directs us to use our reason as well as our senses; to consider who created the hosts of heaven, and to pay our homage to Him. Not one fails to fulfil his will. And let us not forget, that He spake all the promises, and engaged to perform them. |
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