Isaiah 40:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?”
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“To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?”
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“To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?”
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“To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?”
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“And unto whom do ye liken God, And what likeness do ye compare to Him?”
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Other passages that echo Isaiah 40:18 — 23 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 8:10“Tomorrow,” Pharaoh answered. “May it be as you say,” Moses replied, “so that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God.
- Exodus 9:14Otherwise, I will send all My plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.
- Exodus 15:11Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
- Exodus 20:4You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.
- Deuteronomy 33:26“There is none like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your aid, and the clouds in His majesty.
- 1 Samuel 2:2There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.
- Job 40:9Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?
- Psalms 86:8O Lord, there is none like You among the gods, nor any works like Yours.
- Psalms 89:6For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
- Psalms 89:7In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.
- Psalms 89:8O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.
- Psalms 113:5Who is like the LORD our God, the One enthroned on high?
- Isaiah 40:25“To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.
- Isaiah 44:6Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
- Isaiah 46:5To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike?
- Isaiah 46:9Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me.
- Jeremiah 10:1Hear the word that the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel.
- Jeremiah 10:6There is none like You, O LORD. You are great, and Your name is mighty in power.
- Jeremiah 10:16The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance— the LORD of Hosts is His name.
- Micah 7:18Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
- Acts 17:29Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.
- Colossians 1:15The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
- Hebrews 1:3The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
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