NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Behold the nationsgowy (go'-ee) a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts -- Gentile, heathen, nation, people. are as a drop mar (mar) a drop -- drop. of a bucket dliy (del-ee') a pail or jar (for drawing water) -- bucket. and are counted chashab (khaw-shab') to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (gen.) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute as the small dust shachaq (shakh'-ak) a powder (as beaten small): by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament -- cloud, small dust, heaven, sky. of the balance mo'zen (mo-zane') (only in the dual) a pair of scales -- balances. behold he taketh up natal (naw-tal') to lift; by implication, to impose -- bear, offer, take up. the isles 'iy (ee) a habitable spot (as desirable); dry land, a coast, an island -- country, isle, island. as a very little thing daq (dak) crushed, i.e. (by implication) small or thin -- dwarf, lean(-fleshed), very little thing, small, thin. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, And are regarded as a speck of dust on the scales; Behold, He lifts up the islands like fine dust. King James Bible Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. Holman Christian Standard Bible Look, the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered as a speck of dust in the scales; He lifts up the islands like fine dust. International Standard Version "Look! The nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are reckoned as dust on the scales. Look! He even lifts up the islands like powder! NET Bible Look, the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are regarded as dust on the scales. He lifts the coastlands as if they were dust. GOD'S WORD® Translation The nations are like a drop in a bucket and are considered to be like dust on a scale. The weight of the islands is like fine dust. King James 2000 Bible Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he takes up the isles as fine dust. Links Isaiah 40:15Isaiah 40:15 NIV Isaiah 40:15 NLT Isaiah 40:15 ESV Isaiah 40:15 NASB Isaiah 40:15 KJV |
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