Isaiah 40:18–19
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18–20So who even comes close to being like God?
To whom or what can you compare him?
Some no-god idol? Ridiculous!
It’s made in a workshop, cast in bronze,
Given a thin veneer of gold,
and draped with silver filigree.
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
To whom then will you liken God,
or what likeness compare with him?
An idol! A craftsman casts it,
and a goldsmith overlays it with gold
and casts for it silver chains.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
With whom, then, will you compare God?
To what image will you liken him?
As for an idol, a metalworker casts it,
and a goldsmith overlays it with gold
and fashions silver chains for it.
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
CSBChristian Standard Bible
With whom will you compare God?
What likeness will you set up for comparison with him?
An idol?—something that a smelter casts
and a metalworker plates with gold
and makes silver chains for?
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NLTNew Living Translation
To whom can you compare God?
What image can you find to resemble him?
Can he be compared to an idol formed in a mold,
overlaid with gold, and decorated with silver chains?
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
And to whom will you liken God?
And to what likeness will you compare him?
A craftsman pours out the idol,
and a goldsmith overlays it with gold,
and he smelts chains of silver.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
To whom then will ye liken God?
Or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
The workman melteth a graven image,
And the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold,
And casteth silver chains.
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