Isaiah 40 · Verse 25

Isaiah 40:25

To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
Isaiah 40:25, King James Version

Isaiah 40:25 in other translations

BSB“To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.
WEB“To whom then will you liken me? Who is my equal?” says the Holy One.
ASVTo whom then will ye liken me, that I should be equal to him? saith the Holy One.
YLTAnd unto whom do ye liken Me, And am I equal? saith the Holy One.
DARBYTo whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
BBEWho then seems to you to be my equal? says the Holy One.
WebsterTo whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equaled? saith the Holy One.

What does Isaiah 40:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
25. (Compare Is 40:18).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 40:18-26

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…

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Isaiah 40:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאֶל\־ve.'el-and toH413
מִ֥יmiwhom?H4310
תְדַמְּי֖וּנִיte.da.me.Yu.niwill you liken meH1819
וְאֶשְׁוֶ֑הve.'esh.Vehand I may be equal?H7737
יֹאמַ֖רyo.Marhe saysH559
קָדֽוֹשׁ\׃ka.Do.osh[the] holy [one]H6918

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 40:25

  • Isaiah 40:18

    To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

  • Deuteronomy 4:15-18

    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: Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:

  • 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?

  • 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:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
18; De 4:15-18,33; 5:8

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Context

  • Isaiah 40:24

    Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.

  • Isaiah 40:25

    To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.

  • Isaiah 40:26

    Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.

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Isaiah 40:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¿A qué pues me haréis semejante, ó seré asimilado? dice el Santo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		À qui donc me comparerez-vous et serai-je égalé? dit le Saint.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wem denn wollt ihr mich vergleichen, dem ich gleich wäre? spricht der Heilige.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et cui assimilastis me, et adæquastis? dicit Sanctus.