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Isaiah 40:17 - All the nations are as nothing before him,
they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.

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Translations for Isaiah 40:17

KJVKJV (read chapter in KJV)

All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.

NKJVNKJV (read chapter in NKJV)

All nations before Him are as nothing,
And they are counted by Him less than nothing and worthless.

NLTNLT (read chapter in NLT)

The nations of the world are worth nothing to him.
In his eyes they count for less than nothing—
mere emptiness and froth.

NIVNIV (read chapter in NIV)

Before him all the nations are as nothing; they are regarded by him as worthless and less than nothing.

ESVESV (read chapter in ESV)

All the nations are as nothing before him,
they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.

CSBCSB (read chapter in CSB)

All the nations are as nothing before him;

they are considered by him

as empty nothingness.

NASB20NASB20 (read chapter in NASB20)

All^H3605 the nations^H1471 are as nothing^H369 before^H5048 Him,

They are regarded^H2803 by Him as less^H4480 than^H4480 nothing^H657 and [fn]meaningless^H8414.

NASB95NASB95 (read chapter in NASB95)

All the nations are as nothing before Him,
They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and [fn]meaningless.

LSBLSB (read chapter in LSB)

All^H3605 the nations^H1471 are as nothing^H369 before^H5048 Him;

They are counted^H2803 by Him as non-existent^H657 and utterly formless^H8414.

AMPAMP (read chapter in AMP)

All the nations are as nothing before Him,

They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and meaningless.

NETNET (read chapter in NET)

All the nations are insignificant before him; they are regarded as absolutely nothing.

RSVRSV (read chapter in RSV)

All the nations are as nothing before him, they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.

ASVASV (read chapter in ASV)

All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing, and vanity.

YLTYLT (read chapter in YLT)

All the nations are as nothing before Him, Less than nothing and emptiness, They have been reckoned to Him.

DBYDBY (read chapter in DBY)

All the nations are as nothing before him; they are esteemed by him less than a cipher, and vanity.

WEBWEB (read chapter in WEB)

All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.

HNVHNV (read chapter in HNV)

All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing, and vanity.

VULVUL (read chapter in VUL)

omnes gentes quasi non sint sic sunt coram eo et quasi nihilum et inane reputatae sunt ei

NAVNAV (read chapter in NAV)

جَمِيعُ الأُمَمِ لَا تُحْسَبُ لَدَيْهِ شَيْئاً، وَهِي فِي عَيْنَيْهِ عَدَمٌ وَخَوَاءٌ.

WLCWLC (read chapter in WLC)

כָּל־הַגּוֹיִ֖ם כְּאַ֣יִן נֶגְדּ֑וֹ מֵאֶ֥פֶס וָתֹ֖הוּ נֶחְשְׁבוּ־לֽוֹ׃

LXXLXX (read chapter in LXX)

καὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ὡς οὐδέν εἰσι καὶ εἰς οὐθὲν ἐλογίσθησαν

SVDSVD (read chapter in SVD)

كُلُّ الأُمَمِ كَلاَ شَيْءٍ قُدَّامَهُ. مِنَ الْعَدَمِ وَالْبَاطِلِ تُحْسَبُ عِنْدَهُ.

BESBES (read chapter in BES)

and all the nations are as nothing, and counted as nothing.

RVR09RVR09 (read chapter in RVR09)

Como nada son todas las gentes delante de él; y en su comparación serán estimadas en menos que nada, y que lo que no es.

RVR60RVR60 (read chapter in RVR60)

Como nada son todas las naciones delante de él; y en su comparación serán estimadas en menos que nada, y que lo que no es.

BBEBBE (read chapter in BBE)

All the nations are as nothing before him; even less than nothing, a thing of no value.

CHTCHT (read chapter in CHT)

萬民在他面前好像虛無、被他看為不及虛無、乃為虛空。

EMEM (read chapter in EM)

Todas las naciones son como nada delante de él; son consideradas por él como cosa vana, y como lo que no es.

KORKOR (read chapter in KOR)

"그 앞에는 모든 열방이 아무 것도 아니라 그는 그들을 없는 것 같이, 빈 것 같이 여기시느니라"

LSLS (read chapter in LS)

Toutes les nations sont devant lui comme un rien, Elles ne sont pour lui que néant et vanité.

LUTLUT (read chapter in LUT)

Alle Heiden sind vor ihm nichts und wie ein Nichtiges und Eitles geachtet.

RSTRST (read chapter in RST)

Все народы пред Ним как ничто, --менее ничтожества и пустоты считаются у Него.

SESE (read chapter in SE)

Como nada son todos los gentiles delante de él; y en su comparación serán estimadas en vanidad y en menos que nada.

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