Isaiah 40:17
All the nations are as nothing before him; they are esteemed by him less than a cipher, and vanity.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
In Context
16And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering.
18To whom then will ye liken God? and what likeness will ye compare unto him?
Cross References
Job 25:6How much less man, a worm, and the son of man, a worm!
Psalms 62:10Put not confidence in oppression, and become not vain in robbery; if wealth increase, set not your heart upon it.
Daniel 4:32and they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the Most High ruleth over the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
2 Corinthians 12:11I have become a fool; *ye* have compelled me; for *I* ought to have been commended by you; for I have been nothing behind those who were in surpassing degree apostles, if also I am nothing.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 40:13-18
Evangelical Predictions. ( b. c. 708.) 12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? 13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord , or being his counsellor hath taught him? 14 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding? 15 Behold, the… Read the whole commentary →