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


In Context

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?

19 As for an idol, a craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains for it.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

40:17All nations are before him as if they had no being at all, and are counted to him as nothing, and vanity.

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.