Isaiah 40:17

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Isaiah 40:17


← Isaiah 40:16 Isaiah 40:17 (KJV) Isaiah 40:18 →
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

All nationsH1471 before him are as nothing; and they are countedH2803 to him less than nothingH657, and vanityH8414.


Original Hebrew

כָּל־הַגֹּויִם כְּאַיִן נֶגְדֹּו מֵאֶפֶס וָתֹהוּ נֶחְשְׁבוּ־לֹו׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
כָּל
kol- H3605 HNcmsc all
הַ/גּוֹיִ֖ם
ha./go.Yim H1471 HTd/Ncmpa the/ nations
כְּ/אַ֣יִן
ke./'A.yin H369 HR/Tn (are) as/ nothing
נֶגְדּ֑/וֹ
neg.D/o H5048 HR/Sp3ms before/ him
מֵ/אֶ֥פֶס
me./'E.fes H657 HR/Ncmsa from/ nothingness
וָ/תֹ֖הוּ
va./To.hu H8414 HC/Ncmsa and/ emptiness
נֶחְשְׁבוּ
nech.she.vu- H2803 HVNp3cp they are regarded
לֽ/וֹ
l/o HR/Sp3ms by/ him
Strong's References
  • H657 — אֶפֶס (ʼepheç, eh'-fes): from אָפֵס (ʼâphêç) H656; (sometimes like פָּעַל (pâʻal) H6466); cessation, i.e. an end (especially of the earth); often used adverb, no further; also the ankle (in the dual), as being the extremity of the leg or foot; ankle, but (only), end, howbeit, less than nothing, nevertheless (where), no, none (beside), not (any, -withstanding), thing of nought, save(-ing), there, uttermost part, want, without (cause).
  • H1471 — גּוֹי (gôwy, go'-ee): rarely (shortened) גֹּי (gôy); apparently from the same root as גֵּוָה (gêvâh) H1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts; Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
  • H2803 — חָשַׁב (châshab, khaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute; (make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.
  • H8414 — תֹּהוּ (tôhûw, to'-hoo): from an unused root meaning to lie waste; a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain; confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H369 — אַיִן (ʼayin, ah'-yin): as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle; else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare אַיִן (ʼayin) H370.
  • H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל (kôwl); from כָּלַל (kâlal) H3634; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
  • H5048 — נֶגֶד (neged, neh'-ghed): from נָגַד (nâgad) H5046; a front, i.e. part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually (adverbial, especially with preposition) over against or before; about, (over) against, [idiom] aloof, [idiom] far (off), [idiom] from, over, presence, [idiom] other side, sight, [idiom] to view.
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Verse Cross-References

Reciprocal references (8): Psalms 8:4, Psalms 39:5, Psalms 113:4, Isaiah 40:22, Isaiah 41:11, 1 Corinthians 3:7, 1 Corinthians 10:19, Hebrews 2:6

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