Isaiah 40:17 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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

English ASV

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

English Amplified

All the nations are as nothing before Him; they are regarded by Him as less than nothing and emptiness (waste, futility, and worthlessness).

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

All the nations are as nothing before Him; they are regarded by Him as less than nothing and emptiness (waste, futility, and worthlessness).

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

All the nations are as nothing before him; they are considered by him as empty nothingness.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

All the nations in the world are not important to the Lord. He sees them as empty and useless.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Compared to God, all the nations of the world are nothing. Compared to him, they are worth nothing at all.

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

English GNT (Good News Translation)

The nations are nothing at all to him.

English God's Word - GW 1995

All the nations amount to nothing in his presence. He considers them less than nothing and worthless.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

All the nations are as nothing before Him; they are considered by Him as nothingness and emptiness.

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

All the nations are as nothing before Him; They are counted by Him as non‑existent and utterly formless.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

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

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

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

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Before him all the nations are as nought, as nothing and void he accounts them.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

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

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

To him, all of the nations don't amount to anything. He considers them to be worthless. In fact, they are less than nothing in his sight.

English NIV

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

English NKJ 1982

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

English NLT

The nations of the world are as nothing to him. In his eyes they are less than nothing--mere emptiness and froth.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

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

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

The nations are nothing in his eyes; he regards them as absolutely nothing.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

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

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

All the nations are as nothing to him; in his eyes they are less than nothing—mere emptiness and froth.

English Tyndale 1537

All people in comparison of him are reckoned as nothing, yea vain vanity and emptiness.

Isaiah 40:17 — Compare Translations