Isaiah 40:17 - Tree of Life Version All the nations are as nothing before Him. By Him they are accounted null and void. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition All the nations are as nothing before Him; they are regarded by Him as less than nothing and emptiness (waste, futility, and worthlessness). American Standard Version (1901) All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing, and vanity. Common English Bible All the nations are like nothing before God. They are viewed as less than nothing and emptiness. Catholic Public Domain Version All the nations in his sight are as if they did not exist, and they are considered by him as if they were nothingness and emptiness. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version All nations are before him as if they had no being at all, and are counted to him as nothing and vanity. |
Sons of Adam are a vapor, sons of man are an illusion. In balanced scales they go up— altogether they are less than a breath.
Trust in Him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart in His presence. God is our refuge. Selah
Stop trusting in mankind —whose breath is in his nose— for what is he really worth?
It will be like a dream, a night vision: the multitude of all the nations warring against Ariel, yes, all warring against her, the ramparts around her and her besiegers.
All the inhabitants of earth are counted as nothing. He does as He wills with the army of heaven and the inhabitants of the earth. No one can hold back His hand, or say to Him, ‘What have you done?’
I have become a fool—you drove me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I am in no way inferior to the super-special emissaries—though I am nothing.