Isaiah 40:15–18
Behold, 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.
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, hee taketh vp the yles as a very litle thing.
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burne, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offring.
All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
*All nations before him are as nothing, and they are counted to him lesse then nothing, and vanitie.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-referenceDan.4.32.
¶ To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
¶ *To whom then will ye liken God? or what likenesse will ye compare vnto him?
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-referenceActs 17.20.
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From verse 15
- Isaiah 40:22Rank 1 from verse 15
22It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
22‖* It is he that sitteth vpon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grashoppers; that stretcheth out the heauens as a curtaine, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwel in:
- Jeremiah 10:10Rank 2 from verse 15
10But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
10††But the LORD is the true God, he is the liuing God, and an euerlasting King: at his wrath the earth shal tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
- Job 34:14–15Rank 3 from verse 15
14If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
15All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
14*If he set his heart †vpon man, if he gather vnto himselfe his spirit and his breath;
15*All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turne againe vnto dust.
- Isaiah 11:11Rank 4 from verse 15
11And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
11And it shall come to passe in that day, that the LORD shall set his hande againe the second time, to recouer the remnant of his people which shalbe left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, & from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the ylands of the Sea.
- Isaiah 29:5Rank 5 from verse 15
5Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
5Moreouer the multitude of thy strangers shalbe like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shalbe as chaffe, that passeth away; yea it shalbe at an instant suddenly.
- Genesis 10:5Rank 6 from verse 15
- Isaiah 41:5Rank 7 from verse 15
- Daniel 11:18Rank 8 from verse 15
18After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him.
18††After this shall he turne his face vnto the yles, and shall take many, but a prince for his own behalfe shall cause the reproch offred by him to cease without his owne reproch: he shall cause it to turne vpon him.
- Isaiah 59:18Rank 9 from verse 15
- Isaiah 66:19Rank 10 from verse 15
19And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
19And I will set a signe among them, and I will send those that escape of them vnto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal and Iauan, to the Iles afarre off, that haue not heard my fame, neither haue seene my glory, and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
- Zephaniah 2:11Rank 11 from verse 15
11The Lord will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.
11The LORD will be terrible vnto them: for he will †famish all the gods of the earth, and men shall worship him, euery one from his place, euen all the Iles of the heathen.
From verse 16
- Micah 6:6–7Rank 1 from verse 16
6¶ Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
7Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
6¶ †Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow my selfe before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calues of a yeere olde?
7†Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rammes, or with tenne thousands of riuers of oyle? shall I giue my first borne for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sinne of my soule?
- Psalms 40:6Rank 2 from verse 16
- Psalms 50:9–12Rank 3 from verse 16
9I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
10For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
11I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
12If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
9I will take no bullocke out of thy house, nor hee goates out of thy folds.
10For euery beast of the forrest is mine, and the cattell vpon a thousand hilles.
11†I know all the foules of the mountaines: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
12**If I were hungry, I would not tell thee, for the world is mine, and the fulnesse thereof.
- Hebrews 10:5–10Rank 4 from verse 16
5Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
6In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
7Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
8Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
9Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
10By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
5Wherefore when hee commeth into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou ‖prepared mee:
6In burnt offerings, and sacrifices for sinne thou hast had no pleasure:
7Then said I, Loe, I come. (In the volume of the booke it is written of me) to doe thy will, O God.
8Aboue when hee said, Sacrifice, and offering, and burnt offerings, and offering for sinne thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein, which are offered by the Law:
9Then said he, Loe, I come to doe thy will (O God:) He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
10By the which will wee are sanctified, through the offering of the body of Iesus Christ once for all.
From verse 17
- Psalms 62:9Rank 1 from verse 17
- Daniel 4:34–35Rank 2 from verse 17
34And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:
35And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
34*And at the end of the dayes, I Nebuchad-nezzar lift vp mine eyes vnto heauen, and mine vnderstanding returned vnto me, and I blessed the most high, and I praised, and honoured him that liueth for euer, whose dominion is an euerlasting dominion, and his kingdome is from generation to generation.
35*And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and hee doth according to his will in the armie of heauen, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say vnto him, What doest thou?
- Isaiah 29:7Rank 3 from verse 17
7¶ And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.
7¶ And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, euen all that fight against her and her munition, and that distresse her, shalbe as a dreame of a night vision.
- 2 Corinthians 12:11Rank 4 from verse 17
11I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
11I am become a foole in glorying, ye haue compelled me. For I ought to haue beene commended of you: for in nothing am I behinde the very chiefest Apostles, though I be nothing.
From verse 18
- Isaiah 46:5Rank 1 from verse 18
- 1 Samuel 2:2Rank 2 from verse 18
- Isaiah 40:25Rank 3 from verse 18
- Exodus 15:11Rank 4 from verse 18
- Acts 17:29Rank 5 from verse 18
29Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
29Forasmuch then as wee are the offspring of God, *wee ought not to thinke that the Godhead is like vnto golde, or siluer, or stone grauen by arte, and mans deuice.
- Jeremiah 10:6Rank 6 from verse 18
- Psalms 89:6Rank 7 from verse 18
- Exodus 8:10Rank 8 from verse 18
- Micah 7:18Rank 10 from verse 18
18Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
18*Who is a God like vnto thee, that pardoneth iniquitie, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? hee retaineth not his anger for euer, because he delighteth in mercy.
- Exodus 9:14Rank 11 from verse 18
14For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.
14For I will at this time send all my plagues vpon thine heart, and vpon thy seruants, and vpon thy people: that thou mayest knowe that there is none like me in all the earth.
- Psalms 89:8Rank 12 from verse 18
- Deuteronomy 33:26Rank 13 from verse 18
- Exodus 20:4Rank 14 from verse 18
4Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
4*Thou shalt not make vnto thee any grauen Image, or any likenesse of any thing that is in heauen aboue, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water vnder the earth.
- Isaiah 46:9Rank 15 from verse 18
- Psalms 86:8–10Rank 16 from verse 18
8Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.
9All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
10For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.
8*Among the gods there is none like vnto thee (O LORD:) neither are there any workes like vnto thy workes.
9All nations whom thou hast made, shall come and worship before thee, O LORD: and shall glorifie thy Name.
10*For thou art great, and doest wonderous things: thou art God alone.
- Colossians 1:15Rank 17 from verse 18
- Hebrews 1:3Rank 18 from verse 18
3Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
3*Who being the brightnesse of his glory, and the expresse image of his person, and vpholding all things by the word of his power, when hee had by himselfe purged our sinnes, sate down on y e right hand of the Maiestie on high,
- Psalms 113:5Rank 19 from verse 18
- Jeremiah 10:16Rank 20 from verse 18
16The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The Lord of hosts is his name.
16*The portion of Iacob is not like them: for he is the fourmer of all things, and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hostes is his Name.
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Isaiah 40:15
1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.
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Sense 1: Distinct peoples or political communities. Sense 2: The Gentile peoples as distinguished from Israel.
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Sense 1: A small rounded portion of liquid. Sense 2: To fall, let fall, distil, or pour in drops.
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A vessel for drawing or carrying liquid.
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Sense 1: Past tense or past participle of count: numbered or calculated. Sense 2: Past tense or past participle of count: reckoned, regarded, esteemed, or accounted as.
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1. Little or limited in size, amount, number, extent, strength, power, rank, or importance. 2. Fine or minute; broken or ground into small particles. 3. In “no small,” considerable or great. 4. In “small cattle,” sheep and goats, as distinguished from oxen or larger cattle.
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Fine, loose earth or powder; the ground.
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A pair of scales or other weighing instrument used to determine equality or difference of weight.
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Third-person singular present form of take: receives, seizes, carries, accepts, chooses, or lays hold of.
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Tracts of land surrounded by water; islands or distant coastlands.
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Sense 1: Truly, actually, exactly, or the same in identity. Sense 2: To a great or marked degree, used to intensify the quality named.
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Isaiah 40:16
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sufficient
Enough, adequate, competent, or equal to the stated need, work, purpose, cost, burden, or occasion.
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Sense 1: To consume, injure, heat, dry, or harden by fire or intense heat. Sense 2: To be on fire.
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Of that or those previously mentioned; of it or of them.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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Burned; consumed, scorched, or altered by fire or heat.
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Sense 1: A gift, contribution, sacrifice, or other thing presented to God or another. Sense 2: The act of presenting, bringing, or giving something; also the present-participial form of offer.
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Isaiah 40:17
Sense 1: Distinct peoples or political communities. Sense 2: The Gentile peoples as distinguished from Israel.
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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.
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Sense 1: Past tense or past participle of count: numbered or calculated. Sense 2: Past tense or past participle of count: reckoned, regarded, esteemed, or accounted as.
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Emptiness, futility, worthlessness, falsehood, unreliability, or transience.
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Isaiah 40:18
The objective form of who, referring to the person or persons acted upon or related to.
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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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To compare, represent, describe, or treat a person or thing as like, similar, equal, or corresponding to another.
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The one true God.
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Resemblance, similarity, correspondence, form, appearance, image, or representation by which one person or thing is like another.
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To examine together, liken, or set one thing beside another to show likeness or difference.
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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?
14††With whom tooke he counsell, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of iudgement? and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of vnderstanding?
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.
15Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, hee taketh vp the yles as a very litle thing.
Selected passage16And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
16And Lebanon is not sufficient to burne, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offring.
Selected passage17All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
17*All nations before him are as nothing, and they are counted to him lesse then nothing, and vanitie.
Selected passage18¶ To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
18¶ *To whom then will ye liken God? or what likenesse will ye compare vnto him?
Selected passage19The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
19The workeman melteth a grauen image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it ouer with golde, and casteth siluer chaines.