Isaiah 40:12,18
Isaiah 40:12-17 The Message (MSG)
Who has scooped up the ocean in his two hands, or measured the sky between his thumb and little finger, Who has put all the earth’s dirt in one of his baskets, weighed each mountain and hill? Who could ever have told GOD what to do or taught him his business? What expert would he have gone to for advice, what school would he attend to learn justice? What god do you suppose might have taught him what he knows, showed him how things work? Why, the nations are but a drop in a bucket, a mere smudge on a window. Watch him sweep up the islands like so much dust off the floor! There aren’t enough trees in Lebanon nor enough animals in those vast forests to furnish adequate fuel and offerings for his worship. All the nations add up to simply nothing before him— less than nothing is more like it. A minus.
Isaiah 40:18-20 The Message (MSG)
So 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. Or, perhaps someone will select a fine wood— olive wood, say—that won’t rot, Then hire a woodcarver to make a no-god, giving special care to its base so it won’t tip over!
Isaiah 40:12 King James Version (KJV)
Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Isaiah 40:18 King James Version (KJV)
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
Isaiah 40:12 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, And marked off the heavens by the span, And calculated the dust of the earth by the measure, And weighed the mountains in a balance And the hills in a pair of scales?
Isaiah 40:18 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare with Him?
Isaiah 40:12 New Century Version (NCV)
Who has measured the oceans in the palm of his hand? Who has used his hand to measure the sky? Who has used a bowl to measure all the dust of the earth and scales to weigh the mountains and hills?
Isaiah 40:18 New Century Version (NCV)
Can you compare God to anything? Can you compare him to an image of anything?
Isaiah 40:12 American Standard Version (ASV)
Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Isaiah 40:18 American Standard Version (ASV)
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
Isaiah 40:12 New International Version (NIV)
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on the scales and the hills in a balance?
Isaiah 40:18 New International Version (NIV)
With whom, then, will you compare God? To what image will you liken him?
Isaiah 40:12 New King James Version (NKJV)
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, Measured heaven with a span And calculated the dust of the earth in a measure? Weighed the mountains in scales And the hills in a balance?
Isaiah 40:18 New King James Version (NKJV)
To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to Him?
Isaiah 40:12 Amplified Bible (AMP)
¶Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, And marked off the heavens with a span [of the hand], And calculated the dust of the earth with a measure, And weighed the mountains in a balance And the hills in a pair of scales?
Isaiah 40:18 Amplified Bible (AMP)
¶To whom then will you liken God? Or with what likeness will you compare Him? [Acts 17:29]
Isaiah 40:12 New Living Translation (NLT)
Who else has held the oceans in his hand? Who has measured off the heavens with his fingers? Who else knows the weight of the earth or has weighed the mountains and hills on a scale?
Isaiah 40:18 New Living Translation (NLT)
To whom can you compare God? What image can you find to resemble him?
Isaiah 40:12 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Who has measured the waters of the sea in the hollow of his hand and used his hand-width to mark off the heavens? Who knows the exact weight of all the dust of the earth and has weighed all the mountains and hills on his scale?
Isaiah 40:18 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Who even comes close to being compared to God? How could you ever compare God to an idol?