Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
All the nations [are] like nothing before him; they are counted by him as nothing and emptiness.
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.
Bible in Basic English
All the nations are as nothing before him; even less than nothing, a thing of no value.
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.
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 light a fire, and its animals not enough for a burnt offering. 17 All the nations [are] like nothing before him; they are counted by him as nothing and emptiness. 18 And to whom will you liken God? And to what likeness will you compare him?
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Cross References
Psalm 62:9
Only a vapor [are] men of low degree, a deception [are] men of high degree. {Weighed} in a balance, together they [are lighter] than a vapor.
Job 25:6
{How much less} for a human being [who is] a maggot, and {a human} [who is] a worm?"
Isaiah 29:7
And the multitude of all the nations who fight against Ariel, all those who fight [against] her and her stronghold, and those who inflict her shall be like dream, a vision of [the] night.
Daniel 4:34-35
"But at the end of {that period}, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and [then] my reason returned to me; and I blessed the Most High and {the one who lives forever} I praised and I honored. "For his sovereignty [is] [an] everlasting sovereignty, and his kingdom [continues] from generation to generation.
2 Corinthians 12:11
I have become a fool! You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for [I am] in no way inferior to the preeminent apostles, even if I am nothing.