Isaiah 40:17 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

All the nations amount to nothing in his presence. He considers them less than nothing and worthless.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing, and vanity.

BBE:

All the nations are as nothing before him; even less than nothing, a thing of no value.

DBY:

All the nations are as nothing before him; they are esteemed by him less than a cipher, and vanity.

ERV:

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

JPS:

All the nations are as nothing before Him; they are accounted by Him as things of nought, and vanity.

WBS:

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

WEB:

All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity.

YLT:

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

Isaiah 40:17 Cross References

XREF:

Isaiah 29:7 And the multitude of all the nations who wage war against Ariel, Even all who wage war against her and her stronghold, and who distress her, Will be like a dream, a vision of the night. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

40:17 All nations before him [are] as {t} nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
(t) He speaks all this to the intent that they would neither fear man nor put their trust in any, save only in God.

MHC:

40:12-17 All created beings shrink to nothing in comparison with the Creator. When the Lord, by his Spirit, made the world, none directed his Spirit, or gave advice what to do, or how to do it. The nations, in comparison of him, are as a drop which remains in the bucket, compared with the vast ocean; or as the small dust in the balance, which does not turn it, compared with all the earth. This magnifies God's love to the world, that, though it is of such small account and value with him, yet, for the redemption of it, he gave his only-begotten Son, Joh 3:16. The services of the church can make no addition to him. Our souls must have perished for ever, if the only Son of the Father had not given himself for us.

CONC:

Accounted Cipher Counted Emptiness Esteemed Less Meaningless Nations Nothing Nought Reckoned Regarded Value Vanity Worthless

Accounted Counted Emptiness Esteemed Less Meaningless Nations Nought Reckoned Regarded Value Vanity Worthless

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