Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Before him all the nations are as nothing; they are regarded by him as worthless and less than nothing. New Living Translation The nations of the world are worth nothing to him. In his eyes they count for less than nothing— mere emptiness and froth. English Standard Version All the nations are as nothing before him, they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness. Berean Standard Bible All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness. King James Bible All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. New King James Version All nations before Him are as nothing, And they are counted by Him less than nothing and worthless. New American Standard Bible All the nations are as nothing before Him, They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and meaningless. NASB 1995 All the nations are as nothing before Him, They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and meaningless. NASB 1977 All the nations are as nothing before Him, They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and meaningless. Legacy Standard Bible All the nations are as nothing before Him; They are counted by Him as non-existent and utterly formless. Amplified Bible All the nations are as nothing before Him, They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and meaningless. Christian Standard Bible All the nations are as nothing before him; they are considered by him as empty nothingness. Holman Christian Standard Bible All the nations are as nothing before Him; they are considered by Him as nothingness and emptiness. American Standard Version All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing, and vanity. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And all the nations are considered as nothing to him. They are considered by him for destruction and for the sword Brenton Septuagint Translation and all the nations are as nothing, and counted as nothing. Contemporary English Version God thinks of the nations as far less than nothing. Douay-Rheims Bible All nations are before him as if they had no being at all, and are counted to him as nothing, and vanity. English Revised Version All the nations are as nothing before him; they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. GOD'S WORD® Translation All the nations amount to nothing in his presence. He considers them less than nothing and worthless. Good News Translation The nations are nothing at all to him. International Standard Version All the nations are as nothing before him— they are reckoned by him as nothing and chaos. JPS Tanakh 1917 All the nations are as nothing before Him; They are accounted by Him as things of nought, and vanity. Literal Standard Version All the nations [are] as nothing before Him, | Less than nothing and emptiness, | They have been reckoned to Him. Majority Standard Bible All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness. New American Bible Before him all the nations are as nought, as nothing and void he counts them. NET Bible All the nations are insignificant before him; they are regarded as absolutely nothing. New Revised Standard Version All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness. New Heart English Bible All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity. Webster's Bible Translation All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. World English Bible All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity. Young's Literal Translation All the nations are as nothing before Him, Less than nothing and emptiness, They have been reckoned to Him. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Here is Your God!…16Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its animals enough for a burnt offering. 17All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness. 18To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?… Cross References Psalm 62:9 Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor. Isaiah 2:22 Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he? Isaiah 29:7 All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel--even all who war against her, laying siege and attacking her--will be like a dream, like a vision in the night, Daniel 4:35 All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, 'What have You done?'" Treasury of Scripture All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. as nothing Job 25:6 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm? Psalm 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: … Jump to Previous Accounted Counted Emptiness Esteemed Less Meaningless Nations Nought Reckoned Regarded Value Vanity WorthlessJump to Next Accounted Counted Emptiness Esteemed Less Meaningless Nations Nought Reckoned Regarded Value Vanity WorthlessIsaiah 40 1. The promulgation of the Gospel3. The preaching of John Baptist foretold 9. The preaching of the apostles foretold 12. The prophet, by the omnipotence of God 18. And his incomparableness 26. Comforts the people. (17) Less than nothing.--Literally, as things of nought. Vanity.--Once more the tohu, or chaos, of Genesis 1:2--one of Isaiah's favourite phrases (Isaiah 24:10, Isa_29:21, Isa_34:11). Verse 17. - All nations; rather, all the nations; i.e. all the nations of the earth put together. In ver. 15 single "nations" had been declared to be of no account; now the same is said of all the nations of the earth collectively. They are accounted of God as 'ephes, nothingness, and tohu, chaos or confusion.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Allכָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the nations הַגּוֹיִ֖ם (hag·gō·w·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts are as nothing כְּאַ֣יִן (kə·’a·yin) Preposition-k | Adverb Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle before Him; נֶגְדּ֑וֹ (neḡ·dōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 5048: A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before He regards them נֶחְשְׁבוּ־ (neḥ·šə·ḇū-) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 2803: To think, account as nothingness מֵאֶ֥פֶס (mê·’e·p̄es) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 657: Cessation, an end, no further, the ankle, foot and emptiness. וָתֹ֖הוּ (wā·ṯō·hū) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8414: A desolation, desert, a worthless thing, in vain Links Isaiah 40:17 NIVIsaiah 40:17 NLT Isaiah 40:17 ESV Isaiah 40:17 NASB Isaiah 40:17 KJV Isaiah 40:17 BibleApps.com Isaiah 40:17 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 40:17 Chinese Bible Isaiah 40:17 French Bible Isaiah 40:17 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 40:17 All the nations are like nothing before (Isa Isi Is) |
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