Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
All the nations are as nothing before him; even less than nothing, a thing of no value.
New American Standard Bible
They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and
King James Version
All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
Holman Bible
they are considered by Him
as nothingness and emptiness.
International Standard Version
All the nations are as nothing before him they are reckoned by him as nothing and chaos.
A Conservative Version
All the nations are as nothing before him. They are accounted by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
American Standard Version
All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
Amplified
All the nations are as nothing before Him,
They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and meaningless.
Darby Translation
All the nations are as nothing before him; they are esteemed by him less than a cipher, and vanity.
Julia Smith Translation
All the nations as nothing before him; they were reckoned to him from nothing, and vanity.
King James 2000
All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and worthless.
Lexham Expanded Bible
All the nations [are] like nothing before him; they are counted by him as nothing and emptiness.
Modern King James verseion
All nations before Him are as nothing; and to Him they are thought to be less than nothing, and vanity.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
All people in comparison of him are reckoned as nothing, yea vain vanity and emptiness.
NET Bible
All the nations are insignificant before him; they are regarded as absolutely nothing.
New Heart English Bible
All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
The Emphasized Bible
All nations, are as nothing before him, - A thing of nought or a waste, are they accounted unto him?
Webster
All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
World English Bible
All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
Youngs Literal Translation
All the nations are as nothing before Him, Less than nothing and emptiness, They have been reckoned to Him.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 40:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Comfort For God's People
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. 18 Whom then is God like, in your opinion? or what will you put forward as a comparison with him?
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Cross References
Psalm 62:9
Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.
Job 25:6
How much less man who is an insect, and the son of man who is a worm!
Isaiah 29:7
And all the nations making war on Ariel, and all those who are fighting against her and shutting her in with their towers, will be like a dream, like a vision of the night.
Daniel 4:34-35
And at the end of the days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifting up my eyes to heaven, got back my reason, and, blessing the Most High, I gave praise and honour to him who is living for ever, whose rule is an eternal rule and whose kingdom goes on from generation to generation.
2 Corinthians 12:11
I have been forced by you to become foolish, though it was right for my praise to have come from you: for in no way was I less than the chief of the Apostles, though I am nothing.