Isaiah 40:25
 Isaiah 40:25 
New International Version (©2011)
"To whom will you compare me? Or who is my equal?" says the Holy One.

New Living Translation (©2007)
"To whom will you compare me? Who is my equal?" asks the Holy One.

English Standard Version (©2001)
To whom then will you compare me, that I should be like him? says the Holy One.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"To whom then will you liken Me That I would be his equal?" says the Holy One.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Who will you compare Me to, or who is My equal?" asks the Holy One.

International Standard Version (©2012)
"To whom, then, will you compare me, and to whom should I be equal?" asks the Holy One.

NET Bible (©2006)
"To whom can you compare me? Whom do I resemble?" says the Holy One.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
"To whom, then, can you compare me? Who is my equal?" asks the Holy One.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
To whom then will you liken me, or shall I be equal? says the Holy One.

American King James Version
To whom then will you liken me, or shall I be equal? said the Holy One.

American Standard Version
To whom then will ye liken me, that I should be equal to him ? saith the Holy One.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And to whom have ye likened me, or made me equal, saith the Holy One?

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

English Revised Version
To whom then will ye liken me, that I should be equal to him? saith the Holy One.

Webster's Bible Translation
To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equaled? saith the Holy One.

World English Bible
"To whom then will you liken me? Who is my equal?" says the Holy One.

Young's Literal Translation
And unto whom do ye liken Me, And am I equal? saith the Holy One.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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 who are ignorant of this, are willingly ignorant. God has the command of all creatures, and of all created things. The prophet directs us to use our reason as well as our senses; to consider who created the hosts of heaven, and to pay our homage to Him. Not one fails to fulfil his will. And let us not forget, that He spake all the promises, and engaged to perform them.


Pulpit Commentary

Verse 25. - To whom then, etc.? This is a summary, to conclude the section (vers. 19-24), as ver. 18 concludes the preceding one. If God is paramount over idols (vers. 19, 20) and over nature (ver. 22) and over humanity (vers. 23, 24), to whom can he be likened? Is he not altogether unique and incomparable? Saith the Holy One (comp. Isaiah 57:15). Isaiah's special designation of God, at once pregnant and almost peculiar (see the comment on ch. 1:4), is "the Holy One of Israel." This is, here and in Isaiah 57:15, abbreviated.


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal, saith the Holy One? Or be upon a level with? since the greatest of men on earth are brought to nothing by him, and are no more: this is repeated from Isaiah 40:18 and supported with fresh strength of argument, to show that there is nothing whatever, that is a fit likeness and similitude, by which to represent the Lord.


Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

25. (Compare Isa 40:18).


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Here is Your God!
24Yes, they shall not be planted; yes, they shall not be sown: yes, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow on them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble. 25To whom then will you liken me, or shall I be equal? said the Holy One. 26Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who has created these things, that brings out their host by number: he calls them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one fails. …

Isaiah 40:18 With whom, then, will you compare God? To what image will you liken him?
Isaiah 46:5 "With whom will you compare me or count me equal? To whom will you liken me that we may be compared?