Parallel Verses
NET Bible
All the nations are insignificant before him; they are regarded as absolutely nothing.
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.
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.
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.
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 40:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Comfort For God's People
16 Not even Lebanon could supply enough firewood for a sacrifice; its wild animals would not provide enough burnt offerings. 17 All the nations are insignificant before him; they are regarded as absolutely nothing. 18 To whom can you compare God? To what image can you liken him?
Names
Cross References
Psalm 62:9
Men are nothing but a mere breath; human beings are unreliable. When they are weighed in the scales, all of them together are lighter than air.
Job 25:6
how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot -- a son of man, who is only a worm!"
Isaiah 29:7
It will be like a dream, a night vision. There will be a horde from all the nations that fight against Ariel, those who attack her and her stronghold and besiege her.
Daniel 4:34-35
But at the end of the appointed time I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up toward heaven, and my sanity returned to me. I extolled the Most High, and I praised and glorified the one who lives forever. For his authority is an everlasting authority, and his kingdom extends from one generation to the next.
2 Corinthians 12:11
I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison to those "super-apostles," even though I am nothing.