unfoldingWord_en_tn/isa/40/18.md

# To whom then will you compare God? To what idol will you liken him?

Isaiah uses two similar questions to emphasize that there is no idol that can compare with God. AT: "There is no one to whom you can compare God. There is no idol to which you can liken him." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

# you

This is plural and refers to all of God's people. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])

# A craftsman casts it: The goldsmith overlays it with gold and forges silver chains for it

"A skilled worker forms it, another covers it with gold and makes a silver chain for it"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/idol]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/gold]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/silver]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sacrifice]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# To whom then will you compare God? To what idol will you liken him?`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Isaiah uses two similar questions to emphasize that there is no idol that can compare with God. AT: "There is no one to whom you can compare God. There is no idol to which you can liken him." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# you`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`This is plural and refers to all of God's people. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])`

initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# A craftsman casts it: The goldsmith overlays it with gold and forges silver chains for it`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`"A skilled worker forms it, another covers it with gold and makes a silver chain for it"`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/idol]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/gold]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/silver]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sacrifice]]`