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Isaiah 40

Isa. 40:25 KJV (With Strong’s)

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To whomy then will ye liken
damah (Hebrew #1819)
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
KJV usage: compare, devise, (be) like(-n), mean, think, use similitudes.
Pronounce: daw-maw'
Origin: a primitive root
me, or shall I be equal
shavah (Hebrew #7737)
properly, to level, i.e. equalize; figuratively, to resemble; by implication, to adjust (i.e. counterbalance, be suitable, compose, place, yield, etc.)
KJV usage: avail, behave, bring forth, compare, countervail, (be, make) equal, lay, be (make, a- )like, make plain, profit, reckon.
Pronounce: shaw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
? saith
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
the Holy One
qadowsh (Hebrew #6918)
from 6942; sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary
KJV usage: holy (One), saint.
Pronounce: kaw-doshe'
Origin: or qadosh {kaw-doshe'}
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Deut. 4:23• 23Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee. (Deut. 4:23)
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Cross References

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Isa. 40:18• 18To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? (Isa. 40:18)
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Deut. 4:15‑18,33• 15Take 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:
 16Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
 17The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
 18The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
 33Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live? (Deut. 4:15‑18,33)
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Deut. 5:8• 8Thou 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: (Deut. 5:8)

J. N. Darby Translation

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