Isaiah 40:17
Kol HaGoyim before Him are as nothing; 1 and they are counted to Him less than nothing, and tohu. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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
16Levanon is not sufficient to burn, 1 nor the beasts thereof sufficient for an olah. 1
18To whom then will ye liken El? 1 Or what demut (likeness) will ye compare unto Him? 1
Cross References
Job 25:6How much less enosh, that is a maggot? 1 And the ben adam, which is a tola'at (worm)?
Psalms 62:10Truly Bnei Adam (those of low estate) are hevel (vanity), 1 and Bnei Ish (those who are highborn) are kazav (a lie); 1 they go up in the balances; 1 they are altogether lighter than hevel (vanity). 1
Daniel 4:32And all the inhabitants of ha'aretz are considered as nothing, 1 and He doeth according to His will in the Tzivos HaShomayim, 1 and among the inhabitants of ha'aretz; 1 and none can restrain His hand, 1 or say unto Him: What doest Thou?
2 Corinthians 12:11I have been a yold! You forced me. For I ought to be commended by you, for in nothing I was behind the most groise (eminent) Shlichim, + 12:11 2C 11:5 even if 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 →