Isaiah 40:17
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All nations before Him are as nothing, and they are counted to Him less than nothing, and vanity.
All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
All the nations are as nothing before Him, They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and meaningless.
All the nations are as nothing before Him; they are regarded by Him as less than nothing and emptiness (waste, futility, and worthlessness).
All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
All the nations are as nothing before him; they are considered by him as empty nothingness.
All the nations are as nothing before him; they are considered by him as empty nothingness.
All the nations are like nothing before God. They are viewed as less than nothing and emptiness.
Before him all the nations are like nothing. He regards them as less than nothing.
God thinks of the nations as far less than nothing.
All the nations are as nothing before him; they are esteemed by him less than a cipher, and vanity.
All nations are before him as if they had no being at all, and are counted to him as nothing, and vanity.
Compared to God, all the nations of the world are nothing. Compared to him, they are worth nothing at all.
All the nations in the world are not important to the Lord. He sees them as empty and useless.
All the nations are nothing to him. By him they are regarded as worthless, as less than nothing.
All the nations are as nothing before him, they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.
All the nations are as nothing before him, they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.
·Compared to the Lord [L Before him] all the nations are worth nothing; to him they are ·less than nothing [L nothing and void/empty].
All nations before him are as nothing, and they are counted to him, less than nothing, and vanity.
All the nations amount to nothing in his presence. He considers them less than nothing and worthless.
The nations are nothing at all to him.
All the nations are as nothing before Him; they are considered by Him as nothingness and emptiness.
Compared to the Lord all the nations are worth nothing. To him they are less than nothing.
All the nations are as nothing before him— they are reckoned by him as nothing and chaos.
All the Gentiles are as nothing before him, and they are counted to him as vanity and as less than nothing.
All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
All the nations are as nothing before Him; They are counted by Him as non-existent and utterly formless.
All the nations are like nothing before him; they are counted by him as nothing and emptiness.
All the nations are as nothing to him; in his eyes they are less than nothing—mere emptiness and froth.
Who has scooped up the ocean in his two hands, or measured the sky between his thumb and little finger, Who has put all the earth’s dirt in one of his baskets, weighed each mountain and hill? Who could ever have told God what to do or taught him his business? What expert would he have gone to for advice, what school would he attend to learn justice? What god do you suppose might have taught him what he knows, showed him how things work? Why, the nations are but a drop in a bucket, a mere smudge on a window. Watch him sweep up the islands like so much dust off the floor! There aren’t enough trees in Lebanon nor enough animals in those vast forests to furnish adequate fuel and offerings for his worship. All the nations add up to simply nothing before him— less than nothing is more like it. A minus.
All nations before Him are as nothing, and they are counted by Him as less than nothing and meaningless.
All the nations amount to nothing in his presence. He considers them less than nothing and worthless.
Before him all the nations are as nought, as nothing and void he counts them.
All the nations are as nothing before Him, They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and meaningless.
All the nations are as nothing before Him, They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and meaningless.
All the nations are as naught in his sight; he reckons them as nothing and void.
Compared to the Lord all the nations are worth nothing; to him they are less than nothing.
All the nations are insignificant before him; they are regarded as absolutely nothing.
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.
Before him all the nations are as nothing; they are regarded by him as worthless and less than nothing.
Before him all the nations are as nothing; they are regarded by him as worthless and less than nothing.
All nations before Him are as nothing, And they are counted by Him less than nothing and worthless.
All the nations are as nothing before Him. He thinks of them as less than nothing and of no worth.
The nations of the world are worth nothing to him. In his eyes they count for less than nothing— mere emptiness and froth.
All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.
All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.
All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.
All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.
Kol HaGoyim before Him are as nothing; and they are counted to Him less than nothing, and tohu.
All nations are as nothing before Him. And they are counted to Him less than nothing and vanity.
All the nations are as nothing before him, they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.
All the nations are as nothing before him, they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.
All the nations are as nothing before Him. By Him they are accounted null and void.
All the countries of the world don’t add up to anything. In the eyes of God they are less than nothing; they are empty wastelands.
All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
All folks be so before him, as if they be not; and they be reckoned as nothing and (as a) vain thing to him. (All the nations before him, be as if they be not; and they be reckoned as if they be nothing, yea, but like an empty and futile thing to him.)
All the nations [are] as nothing before Him, Less than nothing and emptiness, They have been reckoned to Him.
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