Isaiah 40:15 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.”

Isaiah 40:15 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Isaiah 40:15 in 6 Bible Translations

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Isaiah 40:15 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Behold, the nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are regarded as a speck of dust on a balance. Behold, he lifts up the islands like a very little thing.”

Isaiah 40:15 — World English Bible

Isaiah 40:15 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are accounted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. ”

Isaiah 40:15 — American Standard Version

Isaiah 40:15 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Lo, nations as a drop from a bucket, And as small dust of the balance, have been reckoned, Lo, isles as a small thing He taketh up.”

Isaiah 40:15 — Young's Literal Translation

Isaiah 40:15 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Behold, the nations are esteemed as a drop of the bucket, and as the fine dust on the scales; behold, he taketh up the isles as an atom. ”

Isaiah 40:15 — Darby Translation

Isaiah 40:15 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Beholde, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the dust of the balance: beholde, he taketh away the yles as a litle dust.”

Isaiah 40:15 — Geneva Bible

Isaiah 40:15 in Context — Isaiah 40

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 shewed to him the way of understanding?

15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.

16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.

17 All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.

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What Does Isaiah 40:15 Mean?

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