Isaiah 40:18

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And unto whom do ye liken God, And what likeness do ye compare to Him?

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  • Isa 46:5 : 5 To whom do ye liken Me, and make equal? And compare Me, that we may be like?
  • Acts 17:29 : 29 `Being, therefore, offspring of God, we ought not to think the Godhead to be like to gold, or silver, or stone, graving of art and device of man;
  • 1 Sam 2:2 : 2 There is none holy like Jehovah, For there is none save Thee, And there is no rock like our God.
  • Isa 40:25 : 25 And unto whom do ye liken Me, And `am' I equal? saith the Holy One.
  • Exod 8:10 : 10 and he saith, `To-morrow.' And he saith, According to thy word `it is', so that thou knowest that there is none like Jehovah our God,
  • Exod 9:14 : 14 for, at this time I am sending all My plagues unto thy heart, and on thy servants, and on thy people, so that thou knowest that there is none like Me in all the earth,
  • Exod 15:11 : 11 Who `is' like Thee among the gods, O Jehovah? Who `is' like Thee -- honourable in holiness -- Fearful in praises -- doing wonders?
  • Exod 20:4 : 4 `Thou dost not make to thyself a graven image, or any likeness which `is' in the heavens above, or which `is' in the earth beneath, or which `is' in the waters under the earth.
  • Deut 33:26 : 26 There is none like the God of Jeshurun, Riding the heavens in thy help, And in His excellency the skies.
  • Job 40:9 : 9 And an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder?
  • Ps 86:8-9 : 8 There is none like Thee among the gods, O Lord, And like Thy works there are none. 9 All nations that Thou hast made Come and bow themselves before Thee, O Lord, And give honour to Thy name. 10 For great `art' Thou, and doing wonders, Thou `art' God Thyself alone.
  • Ps 89:6 : 6 For who in the sky, Compareth himself to Jehovah? Is like to Jehovah among sons of the mighty?
  • Ps 89:8 : 8 O Jehovah, God of Hosts, Who `is' like Thee -- a strong Jah? And Thy faithfulness `is' round about Thee.
  • Mic 7:18 : 18 Who `is' a God like Thee? taking away iniquity, And passing by the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance, He hath not retained for ever His anger, Because He -- He delighteth `in' kindness.
  • Col 1:15 : 15 who is the image of the invisible God, first-born of all creation,
  • Heb 1:3 : 3 who being the brightness of the glory, and the impress of His subsistence, bearing up also the all things by the saying of his might -- through himself having made a cleansing of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the greatness in the highest,
  • Isa 46:9 : 9 Remember former things of old, For I `am' Mighty, and there is none else, God -- and there is none like Me.
  • Jer 10:6 : 6 Because there is none like Thee, O Jehovah, Great `art' Thou, and great Thy name in might.
  • Jer 10:16 : 16 Not like these `is' the Portion of Jacob, For framer of all things `is' He, And Israel `is' the rod of His inheritance, Jehovah of Hosts `is' His name.
  • Ps 113:5 : 5 Who `is' as Jehovah our God, He is exalting `Himself' to sit?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 46:5-6
    2 verses
    84%

    5To whom do ye liken Me, and make equal? And compare Me, that we may be like?

    6-- They are pouring out gold from a bag, And silver on the beam they weigh, They hire a refiner, and he maketh it a god, They fall down, yea, they bow themselves.

  • 25And unto whom do ye liken Me, And `am' I equal? saith the Holy One.

  • Isa 44:9-10
    2 verses
    82%

    9Framers of a graven image `are' all of them emptiness, And their desirable things do not profit, And their own witnesses they `are', They see not, nor know, that they may be ashamed.

    10Who hath formed a god, And a molten image poured out -- not profitable?

  • 17All the nations `are' as nothing before Him, Less than nothing and emptiness, They have been reckoned to Him.

  • Isa 40:19-21
    3 verses
    81%

    19The graven image poured out hath a artizan, And a refiner with gold spreadeth it over, And chains of silver he is refining.

    20He who is poor `by' heave-offerings, A tree not rotten doth choose, A skilful artizan he seeketh for it, To establish a graven image -- not moved.

    21Do ye not know -- do ye not hear? Hath it not been declared from the first to you? Have ye not understood `From' the foundations of the earth?

  • 20Doth man make for himself gods, And they -- no gods?

  • 18Like them are their makers, Every one who is trusting in them.

  • 4Their idols `are' silver and gold, work of man's hands,

  • Hab 2:18-19
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    75%

    18What profit hath a graven image given That its former hath graven it? A molten image and teacher of falsehood, That trusted hath the former on his own formation -- to make dumb idols?

    19Wo `to' him who is saying to wood, `Awake,' `Stir up,' to a dumb stone, It a teacher! lo, it is overlaid -- gold and silver, And there is no spirit in its midst.

  • 24Lo, ye `are' of nothing, and your work of nought, An abomination -- it fixeth on you.

  • Jer 51:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17Brutish hath been every man by knowledge, Put to shame hath been every refiner by a graven image, For false `is' his molten image, And there is no breath in them.

    18Vanity `are' they -- work of errors, In the time of their inspection they perish.

  • 9And an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder?

  • 15The idols of the nations `are' silver and gold, Work of the hands of man.

  • 8Nor do they mutter through their throat, Like them are their makers, Every one who is trusting in them.

  • 4`Thou dost not make to thyself a graven image, or any likeness which `is' in the heavens above, or which `is' in the earth beneath, or which `is' in the waters under the earth.

  • Jer 10:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14Brutish is every man by knowledge, Put to shame is every refiner by a graven image, For false `is' his molten image. And there is no breath in them.

    15Vanity `are' they, work of erring ones, In the time of their inspection they perish.

  • 6For who in the sky, Compareth himself to Jehovah? Is like to Jehovah among sons of the mighty?

  • 17And its remnant for a god he hath made -- For his graven image, He falleth down to it, and worshippeth, And prayeth unto it, and he saith, `Deliver me, for my god thou `art'.'

  • 8There is none like Thee among the gods, O Lord, And like Thy works there are none.

  • 16lest ye do corruptly, and have made to you a graven image, a similitude of any figure, a form of male or female --

  • Isa 40:12-13
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    72%

    12Who hath measured in the hollow of his hand the waters? And the heavens by a span hath meted out, And comprehended in a measure the dust of the earth, And hath weighed in scales the mountains, And the hills in a balance?

    13Who hath meted out the Spirit of Jehovah, And, `being' His counsellor, doth teach Him!

  • 17`Is mortal man than God more righteous? Than his Maker is a man cleaner?

  • 29`Lo, all of them `are' vanity, Nought `are' their works, Wind and emptiness their molten images!'

  • 8`Thou dost not make to thee a graven image, any similitude which `is' in the heavens above, and which `is' in the earth beneath, and which `is' in the waters under the earth;

  • 20nay, but, O man, who art thou that art answering again to God? shall the thing formed say to Him who did form `it', Why me didst thou make thus?

  • 20O Jehovah, there is none like Thee, and there is no god save Thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

  • 7Ashamed are all servants of a graven image, Those boasting themselves in idols, Bow yourselves to him, all ye gods.

  • 8And he looketh not unto the altars. The work of his own hands, And that which his own fingers made He seeth not -- the shrines and the images.

  • 31For who `is' God besides Jehovah? And who `is' a rock save our God?

  • 5Who `is' as Jehovah our God, He is exalting `Himself' to sit?

  • 19so as to put their gods into fire -- for they `are' no gods, but work of the hands of man, wood and stone -- and they destroy them.

  • 32And that which is going up on your mind, It is not at all -- in that ye are saying: We will be as the nations, as the families of the lands, To serve wood and stone.

  • 6Because there is none like Thee, O Jehovah, Great `art' Thou, and great Thy name in might.

  • 20Be gathered, and come in, Come nigh together, ye escaped of the nations, They have not known, Who are lifting up the wood of their graven image, And praying unto a god `that' saveth not.

  • 18and have put their gods into fire, for they `are' no gods, but work of the hands of man, wood and stone, and destroy them.

  • 17Removed backward -- utterly ashamed, Are those trusting in a graven image, Those saying to a molten image, `Ye `are' our gods.'

  • 8And in one they are brutish and foolish, An instruction of vanities `is' the tree itself.

  • 16Your perversion! as clay is the potter esteemed? That the work saith of its maker, `He hath not made me?' And the framed thing said of its framer, `He did not understand?'

  • 28and ye have served there gods, work of man's hands, wood and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

  • 9Wo `to' him who is striving with his Former, (A potsherd with potsherds of the ground!) Doth clay say to its Framer, `What dost thou?' And thy work, `He hath no hands?'

  • 1`Ye do not make to yourselves idols; and graven image or standing image ye do not set up to yourselves; and a stone of imagery ye do not put in your land, to bow yourselves to it; for I `am' Jehovah your God.

  • 11Who `is' like Thee among the gods, O Jehovah? Who `is' like Thee -- honourable in holiness -- Fearful in praises -- doing wonders?