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Thursday, April 18th, 2024
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Passage Lookup: Isaiah 40:18-26
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To whom, then, will you compare God? What image will you compare him to?
Isaiah 40:18
- Variant Count: 3 (20%)
With whom, then, will you compare God? To what image will you liken him?
As for an idol, a craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains for it.
Isaiah 40:19
- Variant Count: 2 (9%)
As for an idol, a metalworker casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains for it.
A man too poor to present such an offering selects wood that will not rot. He looks for a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple.
Isaiah 40:20
- Variant Count: 5 (16%)
A person too poor to present such an offering selects wood that will not rot; they look for a skilled worker to set up an idol that will not topple.
Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the earth was founded?
Isaiah 40:21
- Variant Count: 1 (3%)
Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the earth was founded?
He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in.
Isaiah 40:22
- Variant Count: 1 (2%)
He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in.
He brings princes to naught and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.
Isaiah 40:23
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
He brings princes to naught and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.
No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner do they take root in the ground, than he blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.
Isaiah 40:24
- Variant Count: 1 (2%)
No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner do they take root in the ground, than he blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.
"To whom will you compare me? Or who is my equal?" says the Holy One.
Isaiah 40:25
- Variant Count: 3 (18%)
"To whom will you compare me? Or who is my equal?" says the Holy One.
Lift your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.
Isaiah 40:26
- Variant Count: 3 (6%)
Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one and calls forth each of them by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.
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