Isaiah 40:20
Isaiah · ישעיהו · Nevi'im · 66 chapters · 1291 verses
Values above are for the complete verse (14 words), calculated on the consonantal written text.
וְאֶל־מִי תְּדַמְּיוּן אֵל וּמַה־דְּמוּת תַּעַרְכוּ לֽוֹ
To whom then will ye liken God? Or what likeness will ye compare unto Him?
הַפֶּסֶל נָסַךְ חָרָשׁ וְצֹרֵף בַּזָּהָב יְרַקְּעֶנּוּ וּרְתֻקוֹת כֶּסֶף צוֹרֵֽף
The image perchance, which the craftsman hath melted, And the goldsmith spread over with gold, The silversmith casting silver chains?
הַֽמְסֻכָּן תְּרוּמָה עֵץ לֹֽא־יִרְקַב יִבְחָר חָרָשׁ חָכָם יְבַקֶּשׁ־לוֹ לְהָכִין פֶּסֶל לֹא יִמּֽוֹט
A holm-oak is set apart, He chooseth a tree that will not rot; He seeketh unto him a cunning craftsman To set up an image, that shall not be moved.
הֲלוֹא תֵֽדְעוּ הֲלוֹא תִשְׁמָעוּ הֲלוֹא הֻגַּד מֵרֹאשׁ לָכֶם הֲלוֹא הֲבִינֹתֶם מוֹסְדוֹת הָאָֽרֶץ
Know ye not? hear ye not? Hath it not been told you from the beginning? Have ye not understood the foundations of the earth?
הַיֹּשֵׁב עַל־חוּג הָאָרֶץ וְיֹשְׁבֶיהָ כַּחֲגָבִים הַנּוֹטֶה כַדֹּק שָׁמַיִם וַיִּמְתָּחֵם כָּאֹהֶל לָשָֽׁבֶת
It is He that sitteth above the circle of the earth, And the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; That stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, And spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;