Isaiah 46:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

To whom will ye like me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Isa 40:18 : 18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
Isa 40:25 : 25 To whom then will ye liken me, that I should be equal [to him]? saith the Holy One.
Jer 10:6-7 : 6 There is none like unto thee, O Jehovah; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. 7 Who should not fear thee, O King of the nations? for to thee doth it appertain; forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is none like unto thee.
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.
Phil 2:6 : 6 who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped,
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;
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?
Ps 86:8 : 8 There is none like unto thee among the gods, O Lord; Neither [are there any works] like unto thy works.
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.
Ps 113:5 : 5 Who is like unto Jehovah our God, That hath his seat on high,

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18To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
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