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Isaiah 40:15-17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Isaiah 40:15-17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
15 Even the nations are like a drop from a bucket
and are accounted as dust on the scales;
see, he takes up the isles like fine dust.(A)
16 Lebanon would not provide fuel enough,
nor are its animals enough for a burnt offering.]][a]
17 All the nations are as nothing before him;
they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.(B)
Footnotes
- 40.14–16 Q ms lacks Who taught him . . . burnt offering
Isaiah 40:15-17
English Standard Version
Isaiah 40:15-17
English Standard Version
15 Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket,
and are accounted (A)as the dust on the scales;
behold, he takes up (B)the coastlands like fine dust.
16 Lebanon would not suffice for fuel,
nor are (C)its beasts enough for a burnt offering.
17 (D)All the nations are as nothing before him,
they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.
Isaiah 40:15-17
New International Version
Isaiah 40:15-17
New International Version
15 Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket;
they are regarded as dust on the scales;(A)
he weighs the islands as though they were fine dust.(B)
16 Lebanon(C) is not sufficient for altar fires,
nor its animals(D) enough for burnt offerings.
17 Before him all the nations(E) are as nothing;(F)
they are regarded by him as worthless
and less than nothing.(G)
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