24But you are less than nothing and your works are utterly worthless; he who chooses you is detestable.


In Context

21 "Present your case," says the Lord . "Set forth your arguments," says Jacob's King.

22 "Bring in your idols to tell us what is going to happen. Tell us what the former things were, so that we may consider them and know their final outcome. Or declare to us the things to come,

23 tell us what the future holds, so we may know that you are gods. Do something, whether good or bad, so that we will be dismayed and filled with fear.

24 But you are less than nothing and your works are utterly worthless; he who chooses you is detestable.

25 "I have stirred up one from the north, and he comes- one from the rising sun who calls on my name. He treads on rulers as if they were mortar, as if he were a potter treading the clay.

26 Who told of this from the beginning, so we could know, or beforehand, so we could say, 'He was right'? No one told of this, no one foretold it, no one heard any words from you.

Isaiah 41:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

41:24Behold, ye [are] of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination [is he that] chooseth you.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

41:24Behold, you are of nothing, and your work of that which hath no being: he that hath chosen you is an abomination.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

41:24Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work is of nought; an abomination is he that chooseth you.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

41:24Behold, ye are less than nothing, and your work is of nought; an abomination is he that chooseth you. ...

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

41:24Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

41:24Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of naught: an abomination is he that chooseth you.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

41:24Behold, you are of nothing, and your work is of nothing. He who chooses you is an abomination.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

41:24Lo, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought, An abomination — it fixeth on you.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

41:24Behold, you are of nothing, and your work of nothing: an abomination is he that chooses you.