Catholic Public Domain Version
"All the nations in his sight are as if they did not exist, and they are considered by him as if they were nothingness and emptiness. "
— Isaiah 40:17, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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 like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity.”
“All the nations are insignificant before him; they are regarded as absolutely nothing.”
“All nations are before him as if they had no being at all, and are counted to him as nothing, and vanity.”
“All the nations are as nothing before him; even less than nothing, a thing of no value.”
“All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.”
With whom has he consulted? And who has instructed him, and taught him the path of justice, and guided him to knowledge, and revealed the way of understanding to him?
Behold, the nations are like a drop of water in a bucket, and they are considered as the smallest grain on a balance. Behold, the islands are like a little dust.
And Lebanon will not be sufficient to start a fire, and its animals will not be sufficient for a burnt offering.
All the nations in his sight are as if they did not exist, and they are considered by him as if they were nothingness and emptiness.
Therefore, to whom would you liken God? Or with what image would you replace him?
Should the workman cast a statue? Or has the goldsmith formed it with gold, or the silversmith with plates of silver?
He has chosen strong wood that will not decay. The skillful artisan seeks a way to set up an idol that cannot be moved.