Isaiah
King James Version (KJV)
Isaiah 40:18
“To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?”
King James Version (KJV)
Isaiah 40:18 Context
15Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. 16And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering. 17All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. 18To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? 19The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. 20He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved. 21Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
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Other Translations
¶ To whom then will ye liken God? or what likenesse will ye compare vnto him?
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare with Him?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
- American Standard Version (1901)
Whom then is God like, in your opinion? or what will you put forward as a comparison with him?
- Basic English Bible
To whom then will ye liken God? and what likeness will ye compare unto him?
- Darby Bible
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare to him?
- Webster's Bible
To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?
- World English Bible
And unto whom do ye liken God, And what likeness do ye compare to Him?
- Youngs Literal Bible
To whom then will ye liken God? Or what likeness will ye compare unto Him?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare with Him?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
- American Standard Version (1901)
Whom then is God like, in your opinion? or what will you put forward as a comparison with him?
- Basic English Bible
To whom then will ye liken God? and what likeness will ye compare unto him?
- Darby Bible
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare to him?
- Webster's Bible
To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?
- World English Bible
And unto whom do ye liken God, And what likeness do ye compare to Him?
- Youngs Literal Bible
To whom then will ye liken God? Or what likeness will ye compare unto Him?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Isaiah 40:18
40:18 To whom - This is a proper inference from the foregoing discourse of God's infinite greatness; from whence he takes occasion to shew both the folly of those that make mean and visible representations of God, and the utter inability of men or idols to give any opposition to God.