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Isaiah 40:18

To whom then will ye liken El? 1 Or what demut (likeness) will ye compare unto Him? 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17Kol HaGoyim before Him are as nothing; 1 and they are counted to Him less than nothing, and tohu. 1

19The charash (workman, craftsman) melteth a pesel (idol, image), 1 and the goldsmith overlayeth it with zahav, 1 and casteth for it chains of kesef. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 9:14For I will at this time send all My maggefot upon thine lev, and upon thy avadim, and upon thy people; that thou mayest have da'as that there is none like Me in kol ha'aretz.

Exodus 20:4Thou shalt not make unto thee any pesel, or any temunah of any thing that is in Shomayim above, or that is in ha'aretz beneath, or that is in the mayim under ha'aretz.

1 Samuel 2:2There is none kadosh like Hashem; 1 for there is none besides Thee; 1 neither is there any Tzur like Eloheinu. 1

Psalms 86:8Ein kamocha vaelohim (there is none like Thee among the g-ds), Adonoi; 1 nor are there any ma'asim like Thine. 1

Psalms 89:7For who in the heavens can be compared unto Hashem? 1 Who among the bnei elim can be likened unto Hashem? 1

Psalms 113:5Who is like unto Hashem Eloheinu, 1 Who dwelleth on high, 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 40:13-18

Evangelical Predictions. ( b. c. 708.) 12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? 13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord , or being his counsellor hath taught him? 14 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding? 15 Behold, the… Read the whole commentary →

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