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


In Context

14 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding?

15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.

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

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

18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare to him?

19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.

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 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 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.