Isaiah 40:25

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To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.“To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.

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In other translations

To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.“To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.

Hebrew words

וְאֶל־ve'el-and toH413מִיmiwhom?H4310תְדַמְּיוּנִיtedameyuniwill you liken meH1819וְאֶשְׁוֶהve'eshvehand I may be equal?H7737יֹאמַרyomarhe saysH559קָדוֹשׁ׃kadoosh[the] holy [one]H6918

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

Related verses

Isaiah 40:18
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?
Deuteronomy 4:15-18
¹⁵ Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: ¹⁶ Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, ¹⁷ The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, ¹⁸ The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:¹⁵ So since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be careful ¹⁶ that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female, ¹⁷ of any beast that is on the earth or bird that flies in the air, ¹⁸ or of any creature that crawls on the ground or fish that is in the waters below.
Deuteronomy 4:33
Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived?
Deuteronomy 5:8
Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:You 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.

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