Isaiah 40:17
All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
Isaiah 40:17 in other translations
| BSB | All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness. |
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| WEB | All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity. |
| ASV | All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing, and vanity. |
| YLT | All the nations are as nothing before Him, Less than nothing and emptiness, They have been reckoned to Him. |
| DARBY | All the nations are as nothing before him; they are esteemed by him less than a cipher, and vanity. |
| BBE | All the nations are as nothing before him; even less than nothing, a thing of no value. |
| Webster | All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. |
What does Isaiah 40:17 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 40:12-17
All created beings shrink to nothing in comparison with the Creator. When the Lord, by his Spirit, made the world, none directed his Spirit, or gave advice what to do, or how to do it. The nations, in comparison of him, are as a drop which remains in the bucket, compared with the vast ocean; or as the small dust in the balance, which does not turn it, compared with all the earth. This magnifies God's love to the…
Isaiah 40:17 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Isaiah 40:17
- Psalms 62:9
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
- Daniel 4:34-35
And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation: And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
- Isaiah 29:7
And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.
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Context
- Isaiah 40:16
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
- Isaiah 40:17
All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
- Isaiah 40:18
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
Isaiah 40:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Como nada son todas las gentes delante de él; y en su comparación serán estimadas en menos que nada, y que lo que no es. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Toutes les nations sont comme un rien devant lui; elles sont réputées par lui comme moins que le néant et le vide. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Alle Nationen sind wie nichts vor ihm, und werden von ihm geachtet wie Nichtigkeit und Leere. - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Omnes gentes quasi non sint, sic sunt coram eo, et quasi nihilum et inane reputatæ sunt ei. |