Isaiah 40:17

Alle folkis ben so bifore hym, as if thei ben not; and thei ben rettid as no thing and veyn thing to hym.

Bible (Wycliffe)

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

16ylis ben as a litil dust, and the Liban schal not suffice to brenne his sacrifice, and the beestis therof schulen not suffice to brent sacrifice.

18To whom therfor maden ye God lijk? ether what ymage schulen ye sette to hym?

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Cross References

Job 25:6hou miche more a man rot, and the sone of a man a worm, is vncleene `and vile, if he is comparisound to God.

Psalms 62:10Forsothe thei souyten in veyn my lijf, thei schulen entre in to the lower thingis of erthe;

Daniel 4:32And alle the dwelleris of erthe ben arettid in to noyt at hym; for bi his wille he doith, bothe in the vertues of heuene, and in the dwelleris of erthe, and noon is, that ayenstondith his hond, and seith to hym, Whi didist thou so?

2 Corinthians 12:11Y am maad vnwitti, ye constreyneden me. For Y ouyte to be comendid of you; for Y dide no thing lesse than thei that ben apostlis `aboue maner.

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