Isaiah 40:25

Isaiah 40:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
• New International Version (NIV)“To whom will you compare me? Or who is my equal?” says the Holy One.
• English Standard Version (ESV)To whom then will you compare me, that I should be like him? says the Holy One.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“To whom then will you liken Me, Or to whom shall I be equal?” says the Holy One.

Context of Isaiah 40:25

23He makes rulers unimportant and makes earthly judges worth nothing. 24They have hardly been planted. They have hardly been sown. They have hardly taken root in the ground. Then he blows on them and they wither, and a windstorm sweeps them away like straw. “To whom, then, can you compare me? Who is my equal?” asks the Holy One. 26Look at the sky and see. Who created these things? Who brings out the stars one by one? He calls them all by name. Because of the greatness of his might and the strength of his power, not one of them is missing. 27Jacob, why do you complain? Israel, why do you say, “My way is hidden from the Lord, and my rights are ignored by my God”?

Isaiah 40:25 word by word

וְאֶל־מִ֥י תְדַמְּי֖וּנִי וְאֶשְׁוֶ֑ה יֹאמַ֖ר קָדֽוֹשׁ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• To whom then will ye likenדָּמָהdâmâh · to resembleH1819
• me, or shall I be equalשָׁוָהshâvâh · be likeH7737
• saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Holy Oneקָדוֹשׁqâdôsh qâdôsh · holyH6918

Cross-references for Isaiah 40:25

• Isaiah 40:18To whom, then, can you compare God? To what statue can you compare him?
• Deuteronomy 4:15You didn’t see the Lord the day he spoke to you from the fire at Mount Horeb. So be very careful
• Deuteronomy 5:8Never make your own carved idols or statues that represent any creature in the sky, on the earth, or in the water.

Commentaries on Isaiah 40:25

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25To whom then will ye liken me? - (See Isaiah 40:18) The prophet having thus set forth the majesty and glory of God, asks now with great emphasis, what could be an adequate and proper representation of such a God. And if God was such a Being, how great was the folly of idolatry, and how vain all their confidence in the gods which their own hands had made.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-26Verses 18-26 Whatever we esteem or love, fear or hope in, more than God, that creature we make equal with God, though we do not make images or worship them. He that is so poor, that he has scarcely a sacrifice to offer, yet will not be without a god of his own. They spared no cost upon their idols; we grudge what is spent in the service of our God. To prove the greatness of God, the prophet appeals to all ages and nations. Those who are ignorant of this…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25The Holy One is a shorter form of the Holy One of Israel. This is a common name for God in the book of Isaiah (see also Isaiah 10:17; 43:15; Psalm 22:3).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. (Compare Is 40:18).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Isaiah 40

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings