Isaiah 40:17
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.
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- *Cross-referenceDan.4.32.
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- 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.
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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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16And 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.
17All 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?