Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
And to whom will you liken God? And to what likeness will you compare him?
New American Standard Bible
Or what likeness will you compare with Him?
King James Version
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
Holman Bible
What likeness will you compare Him to?
International Standard Version
"To whom, then, will you compare me, the One who is God? Or to what image will you liken me?
A Conservative Version
To whom then will ye liken God? Or what likeness will ye compare to him?
American Standard Version
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
Amplified
To whom then will you liken God?
Or with what likeness will you compare Him?
Bible in Basic English
Whom then is God like, in your opinion? or what will you put forward as a comparison with him?
Darby Translation
To whom then will ye liken God? and what likeness will ye compare unto him?
Julia Smith Translation
And to whom will ye liken God? what likeness will ye compare to him?
King James 2000
To whom then will you liken God? or what likeness will you compare unto him?
Modern King James verseion
To whom then will you compare God? Or what likeness will you compare to Him?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"To whom then will ye liken God? Or what similitude will ye set up unto him?
NET Bible
To whom can you compare God? To what image can you liken him?
New Heart English Bible
To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?
The Emphasized Bible
Unto whom then can ye liken GOD? Or, what likeness, can ye compare unto him?
Webster
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare to him?
World English Bible
To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?
Youngs Literal Translation
And unto whom do ye liken God, And what likeness do ye compare to Him?
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 40:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Comfort For God's People
17 All the nations [are] like nothing before him; they are counted by him as nothing and emptiness. 18 And to whom will you liken God? And to what likeness will you compare him? 19 A craftsman pours out the idol, and a {goldsmith} overlays it with gold, and [he] smelts chains of silver.
Cross References
Isaiah 46:5
To whom will you liken me, and count as equal, and compare with me, as though we were alike?
Acts 17:29
Therefore, [because we] are offspring of God, we ought not to think the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by human skill and thought.
1 Samuel 2:2
There is no one holy like Yahweh, for there is no one besides you, and there is no rock like our God.
Exodus 8:10
And he said, "Tomorrow." And he said, "[Let it be] according to your word so that you will know that there is no one like Yahweh our God.
Isaiah 40:25
"And to whom you will compare me, and am I equal?" says [the] holy one.
Exodus 15:11
Who is like you among the gods, Yahweh? Who is like you--glorious in holiness, awesome [in] praiseworthy actions, doing wonders?
Exodus 20:4
"You shall not make for yourself a divine image [with] any form that [is] in the heavens above or that [is] in the earth below or that [is] in the water below the earth.
Micah 7:18
Who [is] a God like you, forgiving sin and passing over rebellion for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, for he delights in loyal love.
Exodus 9:14
For at this time I [am] sending all of my plagues {to you personally} and among your servants and among your people so that you will know that there is no one like me in all the earth.
Deuteronomy 33:26
"There is no [one] like God, O, Jeshurun, who rides [through] the heavens to your help, and with his majesty [through the] skies.
Job 40:9
Or do you have an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
Psalm 86:8-10
There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, and there are no works like yours.
Psalm 89:6
For who in the sky is equal to Yahweh? [Who is] like Yahweh among the sons of God,
Psalm 89:8
O Yahweh God [of] hosts, who [is] mighty like you, O Yah, with your faithfulness surrounding you?
Psalm 113:5
Who [is] like Yahweh our God, who [is] enthroned on high,
Isaiah 46:9
Remember [the] former things from {a long time ago}, for I [am] God and there is none besides [me], God and [there is] none like me,
Jeremiah 10:6
There is none like you, Yahweh, you [are] great and your name [is] great in might.
Jeremiah 10:16
The portion of Jacob [is] not like these, for he [is] the creator of everything, and Israel [is] the tribe of his inheritance, Yahweh of hosts [is] his name.
Colossians 1:15
who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation,
Hebrews 1:3
who is the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, sustaining all [things] by the word of power. [When he] had made purification for sins through him, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,