Isaiah 40:18

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

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

In Context

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

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

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Cross References

Exodus 9:14For this time I will send all my plagues against your heart, against your officials, and against your people; that you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth.

Exodus 20:4“You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

1 Samuel 2:2There is no one as holy as the LORD, for there is no one besides you, nor is there any rock like our God.

Psalms 86:8There is no one like you amongst the gods, Lord, nor any deeds like your deeds.

Psalms 89:7a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?

Psalms 113:5Who is like the LORD, our God, who has his seat on high,

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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