16Lebanon is not sufficient for altar fires, nor its animals enough for burnt offerings.


In Context

13 Who has understood the mind of the Lord , or instructed him as his counselor?

14 Whom did the Lord consult to enlighten him, and who taught him the right way? Who was it that taught him knowledge or showed him the path of understanding?

15 Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are regarded as dust on the scales; he weighs the islands as though they were fine dust.

16 Lebanon is not sufficient for altar fires, nor its animals enough for burnt offerings.

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

18 To whom, then, will you compare God? What image will you compare him to?

Isaiah 40:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

40:16And Lebanon [is] not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

40:16And Libanus shall not be enough to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

40:16And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:16And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

40:16And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:16And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts of it sufficient for a burnt-offering.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:16Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

40:16And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt-offering.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

40:16And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.