Devine Scripture

Isaiah 40:17

Isaiah chapter 40 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

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

v.17This passage

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

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 62:9

    Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: In the balances they will go up; They are together lighter than vanity.

  • Daniel 4:34

    And at the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him that liveth for ever; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation;

  • Isaiah 29:7

    And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her stronghold, and that distress her, shall be as a dream, a vision of the night.