Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Lebanon is not sufficient for altar fires, nor its animals enough for burnt offerings. New Living Translation All the wood in Lebanon’s forests and all Lebanon’s animals would not be enough to make a burnt offering worthy of our God. English Standard Version Lebanon would not suffice for fuel, nor are its beasts enough for a burnt offering. Berean Standard Bible Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its animals enough for a burnt offering. King James Bible And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering. New King James Version And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt offering. New American Standard Bible Even Lebanon is not enough to burn, Nor its animals enough for a burnt offering. NASB 1995 Even Lebanon is not enough to burn, Nor its beasts enough for a burnt offering. NASB 1977 Even Lebanon is not enough to burn, Nor its beasts enough for a burnt offering. Legacy Standard Bible Even Lebanon is not enough to burn, Nor its beasts enough for a burnt offering. Amplified Bible And [the forests of] Lebanon cannot supply sufficient fuel to start a fire, Nor are its wild beasts enough for a burnt offering [worthy of the LORD]. Christian Standard Bible Lebanon’s cedars are not enough for fuel, or its animals enough for a burnt offering. Holman Christian Standard Bible Lebanon is not enough for fuel, or its animals enough for a burnt offering. American Standard Version And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And Lebanon is not considered by him for burning and its animals are not considered by him for a burnt offering Brenton Septuagint Translation And Libanus is not enough to burn, nor all beasts enough for a whole-burnt offering: Contemporary English Version The cattle on the mountains of Lebanon would not be enough to offer as a sacrifice to God, and the trees would not be enough for the fire. Douay-Rheims Bible And Libanus shall not be enough to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering. English Revised Version And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering. GOD'S WORD® Translation All the trees in Lebanon are not enough to burn an offering. Its wild animals are not enough for a single burnt offering. Good News Translation All the animals in the forests of Lebanon are not enough for a sacrifice to our God, and its trees are too few to kindle the fire. International Standard Version Lebanon would not provide enough fuel, nor are its animals enough for a burnt offering. JPS Tanakh 1917 And Lebanon is not sufficient fuel, Nor the beasts thereof sufficient for burnt-offerings. Literal Standard Version And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, | Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt-offering. Majority Standard Bible Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its animals enough for a burnt offering. New American Bible Lebanon would not suffice for fuel, nor its animals be enough for burnt offerings. NET Bible Not even Lebanon could supply enough firewood for a sacrifice; its wild animals would not provide enough burnt offerings. New Revised Standard Version Lebanon would not provide fuel enough, nor are its animals enough for a burnt offering. New Heart English Bible Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering. Webster's Bible Translation And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts of it sufficient for a burnt-offering. World English Bible Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering. Young's Literal Translation And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt-offering. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Here is Your God!…15Surely 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. 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.… Cross References Hebrews 10:5 Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me. Psalm 50:9 I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens, Micah 6:6 With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves? Micah 6:7 Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? Treasury of Scripture And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering. nor Psalm 40:6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. Psalm 60:10-12 Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies? … Micah 6:6,7 Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? … Jump to Previous Altar Animals Beasts Burn Burned Burnt Burnt-Offering Burnt-Offerings Cattle Enough Fire Fires Fuel Lebanon Offering Offerings Suffice Sufficient ThereofJump to Next Altar Animals Beasts Burn Burned Burnt Burnt-Offering Burnt-Offerings Cattle Enough Fire Fires Fuel Lebanon Offering Offerings Suffice Sufficient ThereofIsaiah 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. (16) Lebanon is not sufficient.--The thought is the same as that of Psalm 50:10-12. Lebanon is chosen as the type of the forests that supply the wood for burnt-offerings, in which Judah was comparatively poor. In Nehemiah's organisation of the Temple ritual the task of supplying wood for this purpose was assigned by lot to priests or Levites (Nehemiah 10:34).Verse 16. - Lebanon is not sufficient to burn. Man may think that he must be of some account, since God has required of him sacrifice and burnt offering, from which he may suppose God to derive some satisfaction. But, the prophet says, even if man were to burn all Lebanon as firewood on God's altar, and offer there all the (clean) beasts of the entire tract, still God would be put under no obligation. Man would even then have paid less than his debt. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Lebanonוּלְבָנ֕וֹן (ū·lə·ḇā·nō·wn) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3844: Lebanon -- a wooded mountain range on the northern border of Israel [is] not אֵ֥ין (’ên) Adverb Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle sufficient דֵּ֖י (dê) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1767: Sufficiency, enough for fuel, בָּעֵ֑ר (bā·‘êr) Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct Strong's 1197: To kindle, consume, to be, brutish nor its animals וְחַיָּת֔וֹ (wə·ḥay·yā·ṯōw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life enough דֵּ֖י (dê) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1767: Sufficiency, enough for a burnt offering. עוֹלָֽה׃ (‘ō·w·lāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5930: Whole burnt offering Links Isaiah 40:16 NIVIsaiah 40:16 NLT Isaiah 40:16 ESV Isaiah 40:16 NASB Isaiah 40:16 KJV Isaiah 40:16 BibleApps.com Isaiah 40:16 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 40:16 Chinese Bible Isaiah 40:16 French Bible Isaiah 40:16 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 40:16 Lebanon is not sufficient to burn (Isa Isi Is) |