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
International Standard Version
15 “Look! The nations are like a drop in a bucket,
and are reckoned as dust on the scales.
Look! He even lifts up the islands like powder!
16 Lebanon would not provide enough fuel,
nor are its animals enough for a burnt offering.[a]
17 All the nations are as nothing before him—
they are reckoned by him as[b] nothing and chaos.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 40:16 b-16 So MT LXX; 1QIsaa includes these lines by a later scribe
- Isaiah 40:17 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads as less than
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