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Isaiah Chapter 40 verse 17 Holy Bible

ASV Isaiah 40:17

All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
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BBE Isaiah 40:17

All the nations are as nothing before him; even less than nothing, a thing of no value.
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DARBY Isaiah 40:17

All the nations are as nothing before him; they are esteemed by him less than a cipher, and vanity.
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KJV Isaiah 40:17

All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
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WBT Isaiah 40:17

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WEB Isaiah 40:17

All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
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YLT Isaiah 40:17

All the nations `are' as nothing before Him, Less than nothing and emptiness, They have been reckoned to Him.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 17. - All nations; rather, all the nations; i.e. all the nations of the earth put together. In ver. 15 single "nations" had been declared to be of no account; now the same is said of all the nations of the earth collectively. They are accounted of God as 'ephes, nothingness, and tohu, chaos or confusion.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(17) Less than nothing.--Literally, as things of nought.Vanity.--Once more the tohu, or chaos, of Genesis 1:2--one of Isaiah's favourite phrases (Isaiah 24:10, Isa_29:21, Isa_34:11).