Isaiah 40:18
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Isaiah 40:18 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Isaiah 40:18 is a verse from the book of Isaiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Isaiah 40:18 — KJV
“To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?”
— Isaiah 40:18 (KJV)
Isaiah 40:18 in Context — About the Book of Isaiah
Isaiah is the prince of prophets — soaring visions of God's holiness, searing warnings, and the Old Testament's clearest portraits of the coming Messiah: born of a virgin, wounded for our transgressions, a man of sorrows. Comfort and strength for the weary run through every chapter.
Cross-References for Isaiah 40:18
“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 40:18: liken, god, likeness
“This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 40:18: liken, god, likeness
“But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 40:18: whom, then, god
“Take 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.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 40:18: liken, god, likeness
“When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 40:18: liken, god, likeness
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