Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 40:18

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 40:18 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 40:18. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, God is so special and unique that nothing else can be like Him or compared to Him, because He is the greatest and most wonderful of all. This means that God is one of a kind and more amazing than anything we can think of or see.

Isaiah 40:18: To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

Contradiction with Exodus 20:4

This verse prohibits making any graven image or likeness, suggesting that God cannot be likened to any physical form, paralleling and reinforcing Isaiah 40:18 rather than contradicting it.

Exodus 20:4: Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:

Contradiction with Acts 17:29

It suggests that since we are God's offspring, we should not think of the Divine Being as like gold, silver, or stone, again reinforcing Isaiah 40:18 in implying that God cannot be likened to material things.

Acts 17:29: Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 4:15-16

Warns against making images resembling any form, which aligns with the assertion in Isaiah 40:18 that God cannot be compared to an idol or any creation.

Deuteronomy 4:15-16: Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day [that] the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
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