Isaiah 40:17
Strong's Lexicon
All
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything

the nations
הַגּוֹיִ֖ם (hag·gō·w·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1471: n m 1) nation, people 1a) nation, people 1a1) usually of non-Hebrew people 1a2) of descendants of Abraham 1a3) of Israel 1b) of swarm of locusts, other animals (fig.) n pr m 1c) Goyim? = 'nations'

are as nothing
כְּאַ֣יִן (kə·’a·yin)
Preposition-k | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 369: 1) nothing, not, nought n 1a) nothing, nought neg 1b) not 1c) to have not (of possession) adv 1d) without w/prep 1e) for lack of

before Him;
נֶגְדּ֑וֹ (neḡ·dōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5048: subst 1) what is conspicuous, what is in front of adv 2) in front of, straight forward, before, in sight of 3) in front of oneself, straightforward 4) before your face, in your view or purpose with prep 5) what is in front of, corresponding to 6) in front of, before 7) in the sight or presence of 8) parallel to 9) over, for 10) in front, opposite 11) at a distance prep 12) from the front of, away from 13) from before the eyes of, opposite to, at a distance from 14) from before, in front of 15) as far as the front of

He regards them
נֶחְשְׁבוּ־ (neḥ·šə·ḇū-)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2803: 1) to think, plan, esteem, calculate, invent, make a judgment, imagine, count 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to think, account 1a2) to plan, devise, mean 1a3) to charge, impute, reckon 1a4) to esteem, value, regard 1a5) to invent 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be accounted, be thought, be esteemed 1b2) to be computed, be reckoned 1b3) to be imputed 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to think upon, consider, be mindful of 1c2) to think to do, devise, plan 1c3) to count, reckon 1d) (Hithpael) to be considered

as nothingness
מֵאֶ֥פֶס (mê·’e·p̄es)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 657: 1) ceasing, end, finality

and emptiness.
וָתֹ֖הוּ (wā·ṯō·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8414: 1) formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness 1a) formlessness (of primeval earth) 1a1) nothingness, empty space 1b) that which is empty or unreal (of idols) (fig) 1c) wasteland, wilderness (of solitary places) 1d) place of chaos 1e) vanity

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.

Young's Literal Translation
All the nations [are] as nothing before Him, Less than nothing and emptiness, They have been reckoned to Him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
All the nations are as nothing before Him; they are considered by Him as nothingness and emptiness.

New American Standard Bible
All the nations are as nothing before Him, They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and meaningless.

King James Bible
All nations before him [are] as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Before him all the nations are as nothing; they are regarded by him as worthless and less than nothing.

New Living Translation
The nations of the world are worth nothing to him. In his eyes they count for less than nothing--mere emptiness and froth.

English Standard Version
All the nations are as nothing before him, they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.

New American Standard Bible
All the nations are as nothing before Him, They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and meaningless.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
All the nations are as nothing before Him; they are considered by Him as nothingness and emptiness.

International Standard Version
All the nations are as nothing before him— they are reckoned by him as nothing and chaos.

NET Bible
All the nations are insignificant before him; they are regarded as absolutely nothing.

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
All the nations are as nothing before Him, Less than nothing and emptiness, They have been reckoned to Him.
















Cross References
Psalm 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.

Isaiah 2:22
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

Isaiah 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.

Daniel 4:35
And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?

Isaiah 1:1
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

Isaiah 40:16
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.

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.

Isaiah 40:14
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?

Isaiah 40:18
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

Isaiah 40:19
The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.

Isaiah 40:20
He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
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