Isaiah 40:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֵ֤ן גּוֹיִם֙ כְּמַ֣ר מִדְּלִ֔י וּכְשַׁ֥חַק מֹאזְנַ֖יִם נֶחְשָׁ֑בוּ הֵ֥ן אִיִּ֖ים כַּדַּ֥ק יִטּֽוֹל׃

Transliteration

hēn gôyim kěmar middělî ûkěšaḥaq mōʾzěnayim neḥšābû hēn ʾiyyîm kaddaq yiṭṭôl

Grammar Details

*hēn*: interjection - 'behold'
*gôyim*: noun, masculine plural - 'nations'
*kěmar*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - 'like a drop'
*middělî*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - 'from bucket'
*ûkěšaḥaq*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - 'and like dust of'
*mōʾzěnayim*: noun, masculine dual - 'scales'
*neḥšābû*: niphal perfect, 3rd person common plural - 'they are counted'
*ʾiyyîm*: noun, masculine plural - 'islands/coastlands'
*kaddaq*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - 'like the fine dust'
*yiṭṭôl*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'he lifts up'

Word Meanings

*mar*: drop/droplet
*middělî*: from a bucket/from a pail
*šaḥaq*: dust/fine dust
*neḥšābû*: are counted/are regarded/are considered
*ʾiyyîm*: islands/coastlands
*daq*: fine dust/fine powder
*yiṭṭôl*: lifts up/takes up

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Referenced Verses

Isa 40:22 : 22 It 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:
Jer 10:10 : 10 But 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.
Dan 11:18 : 18 After 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.
Zeph 2:11 : 11 The 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.
Job 34:14-15 : 14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; 15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
Isa 11:11 : 11 And 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.
Isa 29:5 : 5 Moreover 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.
Isa 41:5 : 5 The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
Isa 59:18 : 18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.
Isa 66:19 : 19 And 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.
Gen 10:5 : 5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

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