Isaiah 40:18

King James 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 liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
• Acts 17:29 : 29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
• 1 Sam 2:2 : 2 There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
• Isa 40:25 : 25 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
• Exod 8:10 : 10 And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God.
• Exod 9:14 : 14 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine 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 LORD, 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 any graven image, or 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 the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
• Job 40:9 : 9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
• Ps 86:8-9 : 8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works. 9 All nations whom thou hast made{H8804)} shall come{H8799)} and worship{H8691)} before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify{H8762)} thy name. 10 For thou art great, and doest{H8802)} wondrous things{H8737)}: thou art God alone.
• Ps 89:6 : 6 For who in the heaven can be compared{H8799)} unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened{H8799)} unto the LORD?
• Ps 89:8 : 8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
• Mic 7:18 : 18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
• Col 1:15 : 15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
• Heb 1:3 : 3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our 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 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
• Jer 10:16 : 16 The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.
• Ps 113:5 : 5 Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,