Isaiah 40:17
All nations before him are as nothing, and they are counted to him, lesse then nothing, and vanitie.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 for fire, nor the beastes thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
18To whom then wil ye liken God? or what similitude will ye set vp vnto him?
Cross References
Job 25:6How much more man, a worme, euen the sonne of man, which is but a worme?
Psalms 62:10Trust not in oppression nor in robberie: be not vaine: if riches increase, set not your heart thereon.
Daniel 4:32And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and according to his will he worketh in the armie of heauen, and in the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, nor say vnto him, What doest thou?
2 Corinthians 12:11I was a foole to boast my selfe: yee haue compelled mee: for I ought to haue bene commended of you: for in nothing was I inferiour vnto the very chiefe Apostles, though I bee 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 →