Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And Lebanon is not enough to make a fire with, or all its cattle enough for a burned offering.
New American Standard Bible
Nor its
King James Version
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
Holman Bible
or its animals enough for a burnt offering.
International Standard Version
Lebanon would not provide enough fuel, nor are its animals enough for a burnt offering.
A Conservative Version
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts of it sufficient for a burnt-offering.
American Standard Version
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering.
Amplified
And [the forests of] Lebanon cannot supply sufficient fuel to start a fire,
Nor are its wild beasts enough for a burnt offering [worthy of the Lord].
Darby Translation
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering.
Julia Smith Translation
And Lebanon not enough to burn, and its beasts not enough for a burnt-offering.
King James 2000
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt offering.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Lebanon [is] not enough to light a fire, and its animals not enough for a burnt offering.
Modern King James verseion
And Lebanon is not enough to burn, nor the beasts of it enough for a burnt offering.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Lebanon is not sufficient to minister fire for his offering, and all the beasts thereof are not enough to one sacrifice.
NET Bible
Not even Lebanon could supply enough firewood for a sacrifice; its wild animals would not provide enough burnt offerings.
New Heart English Bible
Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering.
The Emphasized Bible
And, Lebanon, is not sufficient to burn, - Nor, the beasts thereof sufficient for an ascending-sacrifice!
Webster
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts of it sufficient for a burnt-offering.
World English Bible
Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt-offering.
Themes
the Burnt offering » The most costly, no adequate tribute to God
Lebanon » Forests of, infested with wild beasts
Interlinear
'ayin
Chay
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 40:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Comfort For God's People
15 See, the nations are to him like a drop hanging from a bucket, and like the small dust in the scales: he takes up the islands like small dust. 16 And Lebanon is not enough to make a fire with, or all its cattle enough for a burned offering. 17 All the nations are as nothing before him; even less than nothing, a thing of no value.
Names
Cross References
Micah 6:6-7
With what am I to come before the Lord and go with bent head before the high God? am I to come before him with burned offerings, with young oxen a year old?
Psalm 40:6
You had no desire for offerings of beasts or fruits of the earth; ears you made for me: for burned offerings and sin offerings you made no request.
Hebrews 10:5-10
So that when he comes into the world, he says, You had no desire for offerings, but you made a body ready for me;