Isaiah 40:17
All the nations [are] as nothing before Him, Less than nothing and emptiness, They have been reckoned to Him.
Young's Literal Translation
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 to burn, Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt-offering.
18And unto whom do ye liken God, And what likeness do ye compare to Him?
Cross References
Job 25:6How much less man — a grub, And the son of man — a worm!
Psalms 62:10Trust not in oppression, And in robbery become not vain, Wealth — when it increaseth — set not the heart.
Daniel 4:32and from men they are driving thee away, and with the beast of the field [is] thy dwelling, the herb as oxen they do cause thee to eat, and seven times do pass over thee, till that thou knowest that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and to whom He willeth He giveth it.
2 Corinthians 12:11I have become a fool — boasting; ye — ye did compel me; for I ought by you to have been commended, for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles — 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 →