Isaiah 40:17
and all the nations are as nothing, and counted as nothing.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 enough to burn, nor all beasts enough for a whole burnt offering:
18To whom have ye compared the Lord? and with what likeness have ye compared him?
Cross References
Job 25:6But alas! man is corruption, 1 And the son of man a worm.
Psalms 62:10But they vainly sought after my soul; 1 They shall go into the lowest parts of the earth. 1
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 →