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Isaiah 46:5
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“Who will you compare me or make me equal to?Who will you measure me with,so that we should be like each other?
To whom will you liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
"To whom will you liken me and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be alike?
"To whom would you liken Me And make Me equal, and compare Me, That we would be alike?
"Can you compare me to anyone? No one is equal to me or like me.
"To whom would you liken Me And make Me equal and compare Me, That we may be alike?
To whom will you liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
To whom will ye make me like or make me equall, or copare me, yt I should be like him?
"To whom would you liken MeAnd make Me equal and compare Me,That we would be alike?
To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike?
Can anyone compare with me? Is anyone my equal?
To whom will you liken me and equate me? With whom will you compare me, as if we were similar?"
To whom will ye liken me and make me equal, or compare me, that we may be like?
"Can you compare me to anyone? No one is equal to me. You cannot understand everything about me. There is nothing like me.
To whom will you liken me and make me equal and compare me, that we may be alike?
"To whom will you compare me?" says the Lord . "Is there anyone else like me?
To whom will you liken me, and count as equal, and compare with me, as though we were alike?
To whom will you compare and make Me equal; yea, compare Me, that we may be alike?
Whom will ye make me like, in fashion or ymage, that I maye be like him?
To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
Who in your eyes is my equal? or what comparison will you make with me?
To whom will ye liken Me, and make Me equal, and compare Me, that we may be like?
To whom wil ye liken me, and make me equall, and compare me, that we may be like?
whom wyll ye make me lyke, or to whom wyll ye make me equall or compare me, that I shoulde be like him?
To whom have ye compared me? see, consider, ye that go astray.
To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
To whom will you liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
To whom will ye liken me, and make [me] equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
To whom can you compare and liken me? Tell me whom you think I resemble, so we can be compared!
"To whom will you liken Me, and make Me equal And compare Me, that we should be alike?
"To whom will you compare me? Who is my equal?
"To whom will you compare Me? With whom will you make Me the same and compare Me, that we should be alike?
To whom will you liken me and make me equal, and compare me, as though we were alike?
To whom can ye liken me or make me equal? Or compare me, and we be like?
To whom have you likened me, and made me equal, and compared me, and made me like?
"To whom will you liken me and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be alike?
To whom do ye liken Me, and make equal? And compare Me, that we may be like?
"So to whom will you compare me, the Incomparable? Can you picture me without reducing me? People with a lot of money hire craftsmen to make them gods. The artisan delivers the god, and they kneel and worship it! They carry it around in holy parades, then take it home and put it on a shelf. And there it sits, day in and day out, a dependable god, always right where you put it. Say anything you want to it, it never talks back. Of course, it never does anything either!
"To whom would you liken Me And make Me equal and compare Me, That we would be alike?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Isaiah 40:18, Isaiah 40:25, Exodus 15:11, Psalms 86:8, Psalms 89:6, Psalms 89:8, Psalms 113:5, Jeremiah 10:6, Jeremiah 10:7, Jeremiah 10:16, Philippians 2:6, Colossians 1:15, Hebrews 1:3
Reciprocal: Exodus 20:4 - General Numbers 12:8 - similitude 2 Kings 22:17 - the works Psalms 77:13 - who Isaiah 37:12 - the gods Isaiah 46:9 - and there is none like Zechariah 10:2 - the idols Acts 17:29 - graven Acts 19:26 - that they Ephesians 4:18 - the understanding Revelation 9:20 - and idols
Cross-References
Comaunde thou also, that thei take waynes of the lond of Egipt to the cariage of her litle children, and wyues, and seie thou, `Take ye youre fadir, and haste ye comynge soone,
The sones of Israel diden, as it was comaundid to hem; to whiche Joseph yaf waynes, bi the comaundement of Farao, and metis in the weie;
Thei telden ayenward al the ordre of the thing; and whanne Jacob hadde seyn the waynes, and alle thingis whiche Joseph hadde sent, his spirit lyuede ayen,
The sones of Aser, Jamne, and Jesua, and Jesui, and Beria; and Sara, the sister of hem. The sones of Beria, Heber and Melchiel.
These weren the sones of Zelfa, whom Laban yaf to Lia, his douyter, and Jacob gendryde these sixtene persones.
And Farao clepide Moises and Aaron, and seide to hem, Go ye, make ye sacrifice to the Lord; oneli youre scheep and grete beestis dwelle stille; youre litle children go with you.
alle the flockis schulen go with vs, for `a cle schal not dwelle of tho thingis, that ben nedeful in to the worschipyng of `oure Lord God, moost sithen we witen not what owith to be offrid, til we comen to that place.
And Jacob cam doun in to Egipt, and was deed, he and oure fadris;
Gill's Notes on the Bible
To whom will ye liken me?.... Was it lawful that any likeness might be made, which yet is forbidden, Exodus 20:4 what likeness could be thought of? is there any creature in heaven or earth, among all the angels or sons of men, to whom God can be likened, who has done such works of power, and acts of grace, as to care and provide not only for the house of Israel, from the beginning of their state to the close of it, but for all his creatures from the beginning of life to the end thereof, yea, from the beginning of the world to the end of it, and has shown such special grace and goodness to his chosen people, in such a kind and tender manner?
And make me equal; or any equal to him in power and goodness, since all are but worms, dust, and ashes, as the small dust of the balance, yea, as nothing in comparison of him.
And compare me, that we may be like? which is impossible to be done; for what comparison or likeness can there be between the Creator and a creature, between an infinite, immense, and eternal Being, possessed of all perfections, and a finite, frail, imperfect one? see Isaiah 40:18. To pretend to frame a likeness of such a Being, is to act the absurd and stupid part the Heathens do, described in the following verses.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
To whom will ye liken me - (see the notes at Isaiah 40:18, Isaiah 40:25). The design of this and the following verses is to show the folly of idolatry, and the vanity of trusting in idols. This is a subject that the prophet often dwells on. The argument here is derived from the fact that the idols of Babylon were unable to defend the city, and were themselves carried away in triumph Isaiah 46:1-2. If so, how vain was it to rely on them! how foolish to suppose that the living and true God could resemble such weak and defenseless blocks!
