Isaiah 40:17
All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
World English Bible British
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 to burn, nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering.
18To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?
Cross References
Job 25:6How much less man, who is a worm, and the son of man, who is a worm!”
Psalms 62:10Don’t trust in oppression. Don’t become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don’t set your heart on them.
Daniel 4:32You shall be driven from men, and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field. You shall be made to eat grass like oxen. Seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.’”
2 Corinthians 12:11I have become foolish in boasting. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for I am in no way inferior to the very best apostles, 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 →