Isaiah 40:17
World English Bible (WEB)
All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
In context
15 Behold, the nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are regarded as a speck of dust on a balance. Behold, he lifts up the islands like a very little thing.
16 Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering.
17 All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
18 To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?
19 A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.
Isaiah 40:17 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
- KJV King James Version
- All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.
- ASV American Standard Version
- All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- All the nations [are] as nothing before Him, Less than nothing and emptiness, They have been reckoned to Him.
- DBY Darby Translation
- All the nations are as nothing before him; they are esteemed by him less than a cipher, and vanity.
- WBS Webster Bible
- All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.