NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon All nationsgowy (go'-ee) a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts -- Gentile, heathen, nation, people. before him are as nothing and they 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 to him less than nothing 'ephec (eh'-fes) cessation, i.e. an end (especially of the earth); often used adverb, no further; also the ankle (in the dual), as being the extremity of the leg or foot and vanity tohuw (to'-hoo) a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain -- confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible All the nations are as nothing before Him, They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and meaningless. King James Bible All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. Holman Christian Standard Bible All the nations are as nothing before Him; they are considered by Him as nothingness and emptiness. International Standard Version All the nations are as nothing before him— they are reckoned by him as nothing and chaos. NET Bible All the nations are insignificant before him; they are regarded as absolutely nothing. GOD'S WORD® Translation All the nations amount to nothing in his presence. He considers them less than nothing and worthless. King James 2000 Bible All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and worthless. Links Isaiah 40:17Isaiah 40:17 NIV Isaiah 40:17 NLT Isaiah 40:17 ESV Isaiah 40:17 NASB Isaiah 40:17 KJV |
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