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


In Context

14 With whom consulted He, That he causeth Him to understand? And teacheth Him in the path of judgment, And teacheth Him knowledge? And the way of understanding causeth Him to know?

15 Lo, nations as a drop from a bucket, And as small dust of the balance, have been reckoned, Lo, isles as a small thing He taketh up.

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

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

18 And unto whom do ye liken God, And what likeness do ye compare to Him?

19 The graven image poured out hath a artisan, And a refiner with gold spreadeth it over, And chains of silver he is refining.

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 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 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.