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. Contemporary English Version God thinks of the nations as far less than nothing. 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. Majority Standard Bible All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness. NET Bible All the nations are insignificant before him; they are regarded as absolutely nothing. 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAll the nations [are] as nothing before Him, "" Less than nothing and emptiness, "" They have been reckoned to Him. Young's Literal Translation All the nations are as nothing before Him, Less than nothing and emptiness, They have been reckoned to Him. Smith's Literal Translation All the nations as nothing before him; they were reckoned to him from nothing, and vanity. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAll nations are before him as if they had no being at all, and are counted to him as nothing, and vanity. Catholic Public Domain Version All the nations in his sight are as if they did not exist, and they are considered by him as if they were nothingness and emptiness. New American Bible Before him all the nations are as nought, as nothing and void he counts them. New Revised Standard Version All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAll nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him for destruction and the sword. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And all the nations are considered as nothing to him. They are considered by him for destruction and for the sword OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917All the nations are as nothing before Him; They are accounted by Him as things of nought, and vanity. Brenton Septuagint Translation and all the nations are as nothing, and counted as nothing. 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 are but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor. 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?’” Philippians 3:8 More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ Job 25:6 how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!” Romans 3:12 All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.” 1 Corinthians 1:28-29 He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are, / so that no one may boast in His presence. Psalm 39:5 You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah Ecclesiastes 1:2 “Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!” Jeremiah 10:10-15 But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation. / Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.” / The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding. ... 1 Peter 1:24 For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, Psalm 144:4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. Romans 8:20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope 2 Corinthians 4:18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. Psalm 73:20 Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form. James 4:14 You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 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. All the nations This phrase emphasizes the collective entirety of the world's political and social entities. In the Hebrew text, the word for "nations" is "goyim," which often refers to Gentile nations or those outside of Israel. Historically, this reflects the geopolitical landscape of the ancient Near East, where numerous nations and empires, such as Assyria and Babylon, held significant power. From a conservative Christian perspective, this phrase underscores the sovereignty of God over all earthly powers, reminding believers that no nation, regardless of its might, can stand against the divine will. are as nothing before Him He regards them as nothing and empty they are regarded by Him 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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