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Isaiah Chapter 40 verse 16 Holy Bible

ASV Isaiah 40:16

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

And Lebanon is not enough to make a fire with, or all its cattle enough for a burned offering.
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DARBY Isaiah 40:16

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

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

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WEB Isaiah 40:16

Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the animals of it sufficient for a burnt offering.
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YLT Isaiah 40:16

And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt-offering.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - Lebanon is not sufficient to burn. Man may think that he must be of some account, since God has required of him sacrifice and burnt offering, from which he may suppose God to derive some satisfaction. But, the prophet says, even if man were to burn all Lebanon as firewood on God's altar, and offer there all the (clean) beasts of the entire tract, still God would be put under no obligation. Man would even then have paid less than his debt.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) Lebanon is not sufficient.--The thought is the same as that of Psalm 50:10-12. Lebanon is chosen as the type of the forests that supply the wood for burnt-offerings, in which Judah was comparatively poor. In Nehemiah's organisation of the Temple ritual the task of supplying wood for this purpose was assigned by lot to priests or Levites (Nehemiah 10:34).