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Isaiah 46:5

To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?

KJV

Cui assimilastis me, et adæquastis, et comparastis me, et fecistis similem ?

Vulgate

τίνι με ὡμοιώσατε; ἴδετε, τεχνάσασθε, οἱ πλανώμενοι,

LXX

To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?

ASV

לְ/מִ֥י תְדַמְי֖וּ/נִי וְ/תַשְׁו֑וּ וְ/תַמְשִׁל֖וּ/נִי וְ/נִדְמֶֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

4 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

מִ֣י
my
particle · 420×
נִי
ny
verb · 29×
נִמְשַׁ֗לְתִּי
nmshlty
verb · 15×
שֹׁוֶ֖ה
shvh
verb · 21×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 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:
  • 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:
  • Isa 40:18 — To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
  • Isa 40:18 — To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
  • Isa 40:25 — To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
  • 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 10:16 — 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.
  • 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?
  • Phil 2:6 — Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
  • 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 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 113:5 — Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,
  • Rev 9:20 — And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, a