18To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?


In Context

15 Behold, the nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are regarded as a speck of dust on a balance. Behold, he lifts up the islands like a very little thing.

16 Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering.

17 All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity.

18 To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?

19 A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.

20 He who is too impoverished for such an offering chooses a tree that will not rot. He seeks a skillful workman to set up an engraved image for him that will not be moved.

Isaiah 40:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

40:18To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

40:18To whom, then, will you compare God? What image will you compare him to?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

40:18To whom then have you likened God? or what image will you make for him?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

40:18To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:18To whom then will ye liken God? and what likeness will ye compare unto him?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

40:18To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:18To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare to him?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

40:18And unto whom do ye liken God, And what likeness do ye compare to Him?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

40:18To whom then will you liken God? or what likeness will you compare to him?