Parallel Verses
NET Bible
To whom can you compare and liken me? Tell me whom you think I resemble, so we can be compared!
New American Standard Bible
And make Me equal and compare Me,
That we would be alike?
King James Version
To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
Holman Bible
Who will you measure Me with,
so that we should be like each other?
International Standard Version
"To whom will you compare me, count me equal, or liken me, so that I may be compared?
A Conservative Version
To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be alike?
American Standard Version
To whom will ye like me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
Amplified
“To whom would you liken Me
And make Me equal and compare Me,
That we may be alike?
Bible in Basic English
Who in your eyes is my equal? or what comparison will you make with me?
Darby Translation
To whom will ye liken me and make me equal, or compare me, that we may be like?
Julia Smith Translation
To whom will ye liken me and make equal? and compare me and we shall be like?
King James 2000
To whom will you liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be alike?
Lexham Expanded Bible
To whom will you liken me, and count as equal, and compare with me, as though we were alike?
Modern King James verseion
To whom will you compare Me, and make Me equal, and compare Me, that we may be alike?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Whom will ye make me like, in fashion or image, that I may be like him?
New Heart English Bible
"To whom will you liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
The Emphasized Bible
To whom can ye liken me or make me equal? Or compare me, and we be like?
Webster
To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
World English Bible
"To whom will you liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
Youngs Literal Translation
To whom do ye liken Me, and make equal? And compare Me, that we may be like?
Themes
Interlinear
Damah
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 46:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Babylon's Idols
4 Even when you are old, I will take care of you, even when you have gray hair, I will carry you. I made you and I will support you; I will carry you and rescue you. 5 To whom can you compare and liken me? Tell me whom you think I resemble, so we can be compared! 6 Those who empty out gold from a purse and weigh out silver on the scale hire a metalsmith, who makes it into a god. They then bow down and worship it.
Cross References
Isaiah 40:18
To whom can you compare God? To what image can you liken him?
Isaiah 40:25
"To whom can you compare me? Whom do I resemble?" says the Holy One.
Exodus 15:11
Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you? -- majestic in holiness, fearful in praises, working wonders?
Psalm 86:8
None can compare to you among the gods, O Lord! Your exploits are incomparable!
Psalm 89:6
For who in the skies can compare to the Lord? Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings,
Psalm 89:8
O Lord, sovereign God! Who is strong like you, O Lord? Your faithfulness surrounds you.
Psalm 113:5
Who can compare to the Lord our God, who sits on a high throne?
Jeremiah 10:6-7
I said, "There is no one like you, Lord. You are great. And you are renowned for your power.
Jeremiah 10:16
The Lord, who is the inheritance of Jacob's descendants, is not like them. He is the one who created everything. And the people of Israel are those he claims as his own. He is known as the Lord who rules over all."
Philippians 2:6
who though he existed in the form of God did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped,
Colossians 1:15
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation,
Hebrews 1:3
The Son is the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word, and so when he had accomplished cleansing for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.