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Babylon’s Idols

Isaiah 46:5

In 11 translations

BSB
To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike?
KJV
¶ To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
WEB
“To whom will you compare me, and consider my equal, and compare me, as if we were the same?
ASV
To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
LSV
To whom do you liken Me, and make equal? And compare Me, that we may be like?
YLT
To whom do ye liken Me, and make equal? And compare Me, that we may be like?
DBY
To whom will ye liken me and make me equal, or compare me, that we may be like?
DRC
To whom have you likened me, and made me equal, and compared me, and made me like?
GNV
To whom will ye make me like or make me equall, or copare me, that I should be like him?
JPS
To whom will ye liken Me, and make Me equal, and compare Me, that we may be like?
LXXE
To whom have ye compared me? see, consider, ye that go astray.

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Original-language editions

WLC
לְמִ֥י תְדַמְי֖וּנִי וְתַשְׁו֑וּ וְתַמְשִׁל֖וּנִי וְנִדְמֶֽה׃
LXX-Br
Τίνι με ὡμοιώσατε; ἴδετε, τεχνάσασθε, οἱ πλανώμενοι.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 40:18To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?
  • Isaiah 40:25“To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.
  • Psalms 89:6For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
  • Psalms 86:8O Lord, there is none like You among the gods, nor any works like Yours.
  • Philippians 2:6Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
  • 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.
  • Colossians 1:15The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
  • Psalms 113:5Who is like the LORD our God, the One enthroned on high?
  • Exodus 15:11Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
  • Jeremiah 10:6–7There is none like You, O LORD. You are great, and Your name is mighty in power. Who would not fear You, O King of nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there…
  • Psalms 89:8O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.
  • 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…

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