Isaiah 40:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֶל־מִ֖י תְּדַמְּי֣וּן אֵ֑ל וּמַה־דְּמ֖וּת תַּ֥עַרְכוּ לֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

wěʾel-mî tědamměyûn ʾēl ûmah-děmût taʿarěkû lô

Grammar Details

• *wěʾel-mî*: conjunction + preposition + interrogative pronoun - 'and to whom'
• *tědamměyûn*: piel imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - 'will you liken'
• *ʾēl*: noun, masculine singular - 'God'
• *ûmah-děmût*: conjunction + interrogative pronoun + noun, feminine singular - 'and what likeness'
• *taʿarěkû*: qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - 'will you compare'
• *lô*: preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'to him'

Word Meanings

• *tědamměyûn*: will you liken/will you compare
• *ʾēl*: God/deity
• *děmût*: likeness/image/comparison
• *taʿarěkû*: will you compare/will you arrange/will you set in order

Referenced Verses

• Isa 46:5 : 5 To whom will ye like me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
• Acts 17:29 : 29 Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and device of man.
• 1 Sam 2:2 : 2 There is none holy as Jehovah; For there is none besides thee, Neither is there any rock like our God.
• Isa 40:25 : 25 To whom then will ye liken me, that I should be equal [to him]? saith the Holy One.
• Exod 8:10 : 10 And he said, Against to-morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word; that thou mayest know that there is none like unto Jehovah our God.
• Exod 9:14 : 14 For I will this time send all my plagues upon thy heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.
• Exod 15:11 : 11 Who is like unto thee, O Jehovah, among the gods? Who is like thee, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders?
• Exod 20:4 : 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness [of any thing] that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
• Deut 33:26 : 26 There is none like unto God, O Jeshurun, Who rideth upon the heavens for thy help, And in his excellency on the skies.
• Job 40:9 : 9 Or hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
• Ps 86:8-9 : 8 There is none like unto thee among the gods, O Lord; Neither [are there any works] like unto thy works. 9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; And they shall glorify thy name. 10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: Thou art God alone.
• Ps 89:6 : 6 For who in the skies can be compared unto Jehovah? Who among the sons of the mighty is like unto Jehovah,
• Ps 89:8 : 8 O Jehovah God of hosts, Who is a mighty one, like unto thee, O Jehovah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.
• Mic 7:18 : 18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in lovingkindness.
• Col 1:15 : 15 who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;
• Heb 1:3 : 3 who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had {G1223} {G1438} made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
• Isa 46:9 : 9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; [I am] God, and there is none like me;
• Jer 10:6 : 6 There is none like unto thee, O Jehovah; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
• Jer 10:16 : 16 The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
• Ps 113:5 : 5 Who is like unto Jehovah our God, That hath his seat on high,