17All nations are before him as if they had no being at all, and are counted to him as nothing, and vanity.


In Context

14 With whom hath he consulted, and who hath instructed him, and taught him the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and shewed him the way of understanding?

15 Behold the Gentiles are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the smallest grain of a balance: behold the islands are as a little dust.

16 And Libanus shall not be enough to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.

17 All nations are before him as if they had no being at all, and are counted to him as nothing, and vanity.

18 To whom then have you likened God? or what image will you make for him?

19 Hath the workman cast a graven statue? or hath the goldsmith formed it with gold, or the silversmith with plates of silver?

Isaiah 40:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

40:17All nations before him [are] as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

40:17Before him all the nations are as nothing; they are regarded by him as worthless and less than nothing.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

40:17All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing, and vanity.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:17All the nations are as nothing before him; they are esteemed by him less than a cipher, and vanity.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

40:17All the nations are as nothing before him; they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:17All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:17All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

40:17All the nations are as nothing before Him, Less than nothing and emptiness, They have been reckoned to Him.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

40:17All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.