Isaiah 40:18
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
KJV
Cui ergo similem fecisti Deum ? aut quam imaginem ponetis ei ?
Vulgate
τίνι ὡμοιώσατε Κύριον, καὶ τίνι ὁμοιώματι ὡμοιώσατε αὐτόν;
LXX
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
ASV
וְ/אֶל מִ֖י תְּדַמְּי֣וּ/ן אֵ֑ל וּ/מַה דְּמ֖וּת תַּ֥עַרְכוּ לֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵ֣ל
'l
noun · 244×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
דְּמ֣וּת
dmvt
noun · 25×
יַּעֲרֹ֖ךְ
y'rk
verb · 76×
מִ֣י
my
particle · 420×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
נִי
ny
verb · 29×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Is the image of God in man? Is the image of God in irrational creatures? Is the image of God in the angels more than in man? Is the image of God in every man? Is the image of God in man by comparison with the Essence, or with all the Divine Persons, or with one of them? Is the image of God in man, as to his mind only? Is the image of God in man's power or in his habits and acts…
Q. What is God's will for us in the second commandment? A. That we in no way make any image of God nor worship him in any other way than he has commanded in his Word.
I believe with perfect faith that the Creator, blessed be His name, has no body, and that He is free from all the properties of matter, and that there can be no physical comparison to Him whatsoever.
Cross-references
- 1Chr 17:20 — O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
- 1Sam 2:2 — There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
- 1Sam 2:2 — There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
- 2Sam 7:22 — Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
- Acts 17:29 — 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.
- Col 1:15 — Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
- Deut 3:24 — O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?
- Deut 4:12 — And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.
- Deut 4:15 — Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
- Deut 33:26 — There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
- Deut 33:26 — There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
- Exod 8:10 — 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 — 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 — Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
- Exod 15:11 — 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 — 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:
- Exod 20:4 — 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:
- Exod 32:4 — And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt
- Heb 1:3 — 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
- Isa 40:25 — To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
- Isa 40:25 — To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
- Isa 46:5 — To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
- Isa 46:5 — To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
- Isa 46:9 — 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 — Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
- Jer 10:6 — Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
- Jer 10:16 — 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.
- Job 40:9 — Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
- Mic 7:18 — 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.
- Mic 7:18 — 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.
- Num 12:8 — With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
- Ps 71:19 — Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
- Ps 77:13 — Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?
- Ps 86:8 — Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.
- Ps 86:8 — Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.
- Ps 89:6 — For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
- Ps 89:8 — O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
- Ps 106:20 — Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
- Ps 113:5 — Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,
- Ps 113:5 — Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,