Isaiah 40:17
All nations are before him as if they had no being at all, and are counted to him as nothing, and vanity.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 Libanus shall not be enough to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
18To whom then have you likened God? or what image will you make for him?
Cross References
Job 25:6How much less man that is rottenness and the son of man who is a worm?
Psalms 62:10But vain are the sons of men, the sons of men are liars in the balances: that by vanity they may together deceive.
Daniel 4:32And they shall cast thee out from among men, and thy dwelling shall be with cattle and wild beasts: thou shalt eat grass like an ox, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
2 Corinthians 12:11I am become foolish: you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you: for I have no way come short of them that are above measure apostles, although I be 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 →