Isaiah

Isaiah 46:5–6

⁵To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal?

To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike?

⁶They pour out their bags of gold

and weigh out silver on scales;

they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god,

so they can bow down and worship.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
To whom	לְמִ֥י	lə·mî	Preposition-l; Interrogative	H4310 who?
will you liken Me	תְדַמְי֖וּנִי	ṯə·ḏam·yū·nî	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural; first person common singular	H1819 be like, resemble
or count Me equal	וְתַשְׁו֑וּ	wə·ṯaš·wū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine plural	H7737 be even, smooth
To whom will you compare Me	וְתַמְשִׁל֖וּנִי	wə·ṯam·ši·lū·nî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine plural; first person common singular	H4911 represent, be like
that we should be alike	וְנִדְמֶֽה׃	wə·niḏ·meh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common plural	H1819 be like, resemble

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They pour out	הַזָּלִ֤ים	haz·zā·lîm	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H2107 lavish
their bags	מִכִּ֔יס	mik·kîs	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H3599 bag, purse
of gold	זָהָב֙	zā·hāḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H2091 gold
and weigh out	יִשְׁקֹ֑לוּ	yiš·qō·lū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H8254 weigh
silver	וְכֶ֖סֶף	wə·ḵe·sep̄	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H3701 silver, money
on scales	בַּקָּנֶ֣ה	baq·qā·neh	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7070 stalk, reed
they hire	יִשְׂכְּר֤וּ	yiś·kə·rū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7936 hire
a goldsmith	צוֹרֵף֙	ṣō·w·rêp̄	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H6884 smelt, refine, test
to fashion it	וְיַעֲשֵׂ֣הוּ	wə·ya·‘ă·śê·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
into a god	אֵ֔ל	’êl	Noun - masculine singular	H410 god
so they can bow down	יִסְגְּד֖וּ	yis·gə·ḏū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5456 prostrate oneself
and	אַף־	’ap̄-	Conjunction	H637 also, yea
worship	יִֽשְׁתַּחֲוּֽוּ׃	yiš·ta·ḥăw·wū	Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7812 bow down

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Isaiah 46:5 Isaiah 40:18 · Isaiah 40:25 · Psalm 89:6 · Jeremiah 10:6–7 · Psalm 113:5 · Jeremiah 10:16 · Psalm 86:8 · Philippians 2:6 · Colossians 1:15 · Exodus 15:11 · Psalm 89:8

Isaiah 46:6 Acts 17:29 · Jeremiah 10:14 · Isaiah 40:19–20

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.