Isaiah 46:5
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“To whom will ye liken Me and make Me equal, and compare Me, that we may be like?
To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
“To whom would you liken Me And make Me equal and compare Me, That we may be alike?
To whom will you liken Me and make Me equal and compare Me, that we may be alike?
¶ To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
“To whom will you compare me or make me equal? Who will you measure me with, so that we should be like each other?
To whom will you liken me and count me equal and compare me so that we are alike?
To whom will you liken me and equate me? With whom will you compare me, as if we were similar?”
Can anyone compare with me? Is anyone my equal?
To whom will ye liken me and make me equal, or compare me, that we may be like?
To whom have you likened me, and made me equal, and compared me, and made me like?
“Can you compare me to anyone? No one is equal to me. You cannot understand everything about me. There is nothing like me.
You know that there is no God like me! You cannot say about any god, that he is the same as me.
Whom can you set beside me as if we were equal? Whom can you compare to me as if we were alike?
“To whom will you liken me and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be alike?
“To whom will you liken me and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be alike?
“To whom can you compare me? ·No one [Who…?] is equal to me or ·like [comparable to] me.
¶ To whom will ye make me like, or make me equal, or compare me that I should be like him?
To whom will you compare me and make me equal? To whom will you compare me so that we can be alike?
“To whom will you compare me?” says the Lord. “Is there anyone else like me?
“Who will you compare Me or make Me equal to? Who will you measure Me with, so that we should be like each other?
“Can you compare me to anyone? No one is equal to me or like me.
“To whom will you compare me, count me equal, or liken me, so that I may be compared?
¶ To whom will ye liken me and make me equal and compare me that we may be alike?
To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
“To whom would you liken Me And make Me equal and compare Me, That we would be alike?
To whom will you liken me, and count as equal, and compare with me, as though we were alike?
“With what in all of heaven and earth do I compare? Whom can you find who equals me?
“So to whom will you compare me, the Incomparable? Can you picture me without reducing me? People with a lot of money hire craftsmen to make them gods. The artisan delivers the god, and they kneel and worship it! They carry it around in holy parades, then take it home and put it on a shelf. And there it sits, day in and day out, a dependable god, always right where you put it. Say anything you want to it, it never talks back. Of course, it never does anything either!
To whom will you liken Me, and make Me equal, and compare Me that we may be alike?
To whom will you compare me and make me equal? To whom will you compare me so that we can be alike?
To whom would you liken me as an equal, compare me, as though we were alike?
“To whom would you liken Me And make Me equal, and compare Me, That we would be alike?
“To whom would you liken Me And make Me equal and compare Me, That we would be alike?
Whom can you regard as my equal? To whom can you compare me as identical?
“Can you compare me to anyone? No one is equal to me or like me.
To whom can you compare and liken me? Tell me whom you think I resemble, so we can be compared!
“Who will you compare me with? Who is equal to me? What am I like? Who can you compare me with?
“With whom will you compare me or count me equal? To whom will you liken me that we may be compared?
‘With whom will you compare me or count me equal? To whom will you liken me that we may be compared?
“To whom will you liken Me, and make Me equal And compare Me, that we should be alike?
“To whom will you compare Me? With whom will you make Me the same and compare Me, that we should be alike?
“To whom will you compare me? Who is my equal?
To whom will you liken me and make me equal, and compare me, as though we were alike?
To whom will you liken me and make me equal, and compare me, as though we were alike?
To whom will you liken me and make me equal, and compare me, as though we were alike?
To whom will you liken me and make me equal and compare me, as though we were alike?
Lemi (to whom) will ye compare Me, and make Me equal, and liken Me, that we may be comparable?
“To whom will you liken me and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be alike?
“To whom will you liken me and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be alike?
To whom will you liken Me, or make Me equal or compare Me, that we should be alike?
Does anyone compare to Me? Can you find any likeness? Who or what might be My equal or even close to Me?
“To whom will you compare me, and consider my equal, and compare me, as if we were the same?
To whom have ye likened me, and made even (and made me even to), and have comparisoned me, and have made (me) like?
To whom do ye liken Me, and make equal? And compare Me, that we may be like?
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