Isaiah 40:17

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Isaiah 40:17

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Berean Standard Bible

All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.

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KJV

King James Version

All nations before him [are] as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.

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WEB

World English Bible

All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity.

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ASV

American Standard Version

All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing, and vanity.

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Isaiah 40

¹⁵ Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered a speck of dust on the scales; He lifts up the islands like fine dust.

¹⁶ Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.

¹⁷ All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.

¹⁸ To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?

¹⁹ To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?

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