Isaiah 40:17
All the nations are as nothing before Him; they are accounted by Him as things of nought, and vanity.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 fuel, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for burnt-offerings.
18To whom then will ye liken God? Or what likeness will ye compare unto Him?
Cross References
Job 25:6How much less man, that is a worm! and the son of man, that is a maggot!
Psalms 62:10(62-11) Trust not in oppression, and put not vain hope in robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart thereon.
Daniel 4:32(4-29) And thou shalt be driven from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; thou shalt be made to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee; until thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will.'
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 →