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Isaiah 40:15-17 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 40 · verses 15–17 · King James Version
15Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. 16And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering. 17All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.Isaiah 40:15-17 · King James Version
Isaiah 40:15-17 in context
13Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
14With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?
15Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
16And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
17All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
18To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
19The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
Cross references
Key words (Strong's)
- sufficientdayenough , used chiefly with preposition in phrasesH1767 →
- nationsgôwya foreign nationH1471 →
- countedchâshabproperly, to plait or interpenetrateH2803 →
- balancemôʼzêna pair of scalesH3976 →
- LebanonLᵉbânôwnLebanon, a mountain range in PalestineH3844 →
- nothingʼepheçcessationH657 →
- bucketdᵉlîya pail or jarH1805 →
- beastschayaliveH2416 →
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