Isaiah 40:17

New International Reader's Version

To him, all the nations don’t amount to anything. He considers them to be worthless. In fact, they are less than nothing in his sight.

Cross References

Job 25:6

So how about human beings? They are like maggots. How about mere people? They are like worms.”

Psalm 62:10

Don’t trust in money you have taken from others. Don’t put false hope in things you have stolen. Even if your riches grow, don’t put your trust in them.

Psalm 62:9

Surely ordinary people are only a breath. Important people are not what they seem to be. If they were weighed on a scale, they wouldn’t amount to anything. Together they are only a breath.

Isaiah 2:22

Stop trusting in mere human beings, who can’t help you. They only live for a little while. What good are they?

Isaiah 29:7

Armies from all the nations will fight against Ariel. They will attack it and its fort. They’ll surround it completely. But suddenly those armies will disappear like a dream. They will vanish like a vision in the night.

Daniel 4:32

You will be driven away from people. You will live with the wild animals. You will eat grass just as an ox does. Seven periods of time will pass by for you. Then you will recognize that the Most High God rules over all kingdoms on earth. He gives them to anyone he wants.”

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have made a fool of myself. But you made me do it. You should have praised me. Even though I am nothing, I am in no way less important than the “super-apostles.”