Isaiah 40:17
All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
KJV
Omnes gentes quasi non sint, sic sunt coram eo, et quasi nihilum et inane reputatæ sunt ei.
Vulgate
καὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ὡς οὐδέν εἰσι καὶ εἰς οὐθὲν ἐλογίσθησαν.
LXX
All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
ASV
כָּל הַ/גּוֹיִ֖ם כְּ/אַ֣יִן נֶגְדּ֑/וֹ מֵ/אֶ֥פֶס וָ/תֹ֖הוּ נֶחְשְׁבוּ לֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
אַפְסֵי
'psy
noun · 43×
גּוֹיִ֔ם
gvym
noun · 557×
חָשַׁ֖ב
chshb
verb · 123×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
נֶ֣גֶד
ngd
preposition · 148×
תֹ֖הוּ
thv
noun · 20×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 3:7 — So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
- 1Cor 10:19 — What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
- Dan 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 honoured him that liveth for ever,
- Isa 29:7 — And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.
- Isa 40:22 — It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
- Isa 41:11 — Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.
- Ps 8:4 — What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
- Ps 39:5 — Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
- Ps 62:9 — Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
- Ps 62:9 — Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
- Ps 113:4 — The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.