Isaiah 40:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Isaiah 40:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Isaiah 40:17 in 6 Bible Translations

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Isaiah 40:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity.”

Isaiah 40:17 — World English Bible

Isaiah 40:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing, and vanity. ”

Isaiah 40:17 — American Standard Version

Isaiah 40:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“All the nations <FI>are<Fi> as nothing before Him, Less than nothing and emptiness, They have been reckoned to Him.”

Isaiah 40:17 — Young's Literal Translation

Isaiah 40:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“All the nations are as nothing before him; they are esteemed by him less than a cipher, and vanity. ”

Isaiah 40:17 — Darby Translation

Isaiah 40:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“All nations before him are as nothing, and they are counted to him, lesse then nothing, and vanitie.”

Isaiah 40:17 — Geneva Bible

Isaiah 40:17 in Context — Isaiah 40

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.

18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.

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What Does Isaiah 40:17 Mean?

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