Isaiah 40:17
All the nations are insufficient before him; they are regarded by him as nothing. 1
Unlocked Literal 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
16Lebanon is not sufficient fuel, 1 nor its wild animals sufficient for a burnt offering. 1
18To whom then will you compare God? To what idol will you liken him? 1
Cross References
Job 25:6How much less man, who is a worm— 1 a son of man, who is a worm!”
Psalms 62:10Do not trust in oppression or robbery; 1 and do not hope uselessly in riches, 1 for they will bear no fruit; do not fix your heart on them. 1
Daniel 4:32You will be driven away from people, and your home will be with the wild animals in the fields. You will be made to eat grass like an ox. Seven years will pass until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of people and he gives them to anyone he wishes.”
2 Corinthians 12:11I have become a fool! You forced me to this, for I should have been praised by you. For I was not at all inferior to the so-called super-apostles, even though 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 →