King James Version
Isaiah 46:5 in the King James Version says “To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 46 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?”
Isaiah 46:5 · KJV
Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:
And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
KJV Study — Public Domain
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
“To whom will ye liken”
H1819to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
“me and make me equal”
H7737properly, to level, i.e., equalize; figuratively, to resemble; by implication, to adjust (i.e., counterbalance, be suitable, compose, place, yield, et
“and compare”
H4911to liken, i.e., (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble
“To whom will ye liken”
H1819to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
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