King James Version

Isaiah 46:5

To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?

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לְמִ֥יlemito whoמִיpreposition, particle, interrogative — “to who”H4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffixany (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.תְדַמְי֖וּנִיtedamyunicompareדָּמָהverb, piel, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “compare”, an unfinished actionH1819to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, considercompare, devise, (be) like(-n), mean, think, use similitudes.וְתַשְׁו֑וּvetashvvand be likeשָׁוָהconjunction, verb, hiphil, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and be like”, an unfinished actionH7737properly, to level, i.e. equalize; figuratively, to resemble; by implication, to adjust (i.e. counterbalance, be suitable, compose, place, yield, etc.)avail, behave, bring forth, compare, countervail, (be, make) equal, lay, be (make, a-) like, make plain, profit, reckon.וְתַמְשִׁל֖וּנִיvetamshiluniand use proverbמָשַׁלconjunction, verb, hiphil, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and use proverb”, an unfinished actionH4911to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemblebe(-come) like, compare, use (as a) proverb, speak (in proverbs), utter.וְנִדְמֶֽהvenidmehand compareדָּמָהconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, plural — “and compare”, an unfinished actionH1819to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, considercompare, devise, (be) like(-n), mean, think, use similitudes.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

To whom will ye liken Me, and make Me equal, and compare Me, that we may be like?

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American Standard Version (1901)

To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?

Young’s Literal Translation

To whom do ye liken Me, and make equal? And compare Me, that we may be like?

World English Bible

“To whom will you compare me, and consider my equal, and compare me, as if we were the same?

Darby Translation

To whom will ye liken me and make me equal, or compare me, that we may be like?

Douay-Rheims

To whom have you likened me, and made me equal, and compared me, and made me like?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

To whom will ye liken Me, and make Me equal, and compare Me, that we may be like?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

To whom have ye compared me? see, consider, ye that go astray.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τίνι με ὡμοιώσατε; ἴδετε, τεχνάσασθε, οἱ πλανώμενοι.