Isaiah 40:26

Lift up your eyes on high, || And see—who has created these? He who is bringing out their host by number, || He calls to all of them by name, || By the abundance of His strength || And mighty power, || Not one is lacking.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.

In Context

25And to whom do you liken Me, || And [to whom] I equal? Says the Holy One.

27Why say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, “My way has been hid from YHWH, || And from my God my judgment passes over?”

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Cross References

Genesis 2:1And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host;

Job 31:26If I see the light when it shines, || And the precious moon walking,

Psalms 19:1TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. The heavens [are] recounting the glory of God, || And the expanse [is] declaring the work of His hands.

Psalms 89:11The heavens [are] Yours, || The earth [is] also Yours, || The habitable world and its fullness, || You have founded them.

Psalms 119:91According to Your ordinances || They have stood this day, for the whole—Your servants.

Psalms 148:3Praise Him, sun and moon, || Praise Him, all stars of light.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 40:19-27

Vanity of Idols. ( b. c. 708.) 18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? 19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. 20 He 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. 21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from… Read the whole commentary →

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