Isaiah 40:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כָּל־הַגּוֹיִ֖ם כְּאַ֣יִן נֶגְדּ֑וֹ מֵאֶ֥פֶס וָתֹ֖הוּ נֶחְשְׁבוּ־לֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

kol-haggôyim kěʾayin negdô mēʾepes wātōhû neḥšěbû-lô

Grammar Details

*kol-haggôyim*: noun, masculine singular construct + definite article + noun, masculine plural - 'all the nations'
*kěʾayin*: preposition + noun - 'as nothing'
*negdô*: preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'before him'
*mēʾepes*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - 'as less than nothing'
*wātōhû*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - 'and emptiness'
*neḥšěbû-lô*: niphal perfect, 3rd person common plural + preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'they are counted to him'

Word Meanings

*kěʾayin*: as nothing/as naught
*negdô*: before him/in his sight
*ʾepes*: nothing/zero/nonexistence
*tōhû*: emptiness/void/waste
*neḥšěbû-lô*: are counted to him/are regarded by him

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 62:9 : 9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid{H8800)} in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
Dan 4:34-35 : 34 And 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: 35 And 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?
Isa 29:7 : 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.
Job 25:6 : 6 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
2 Cor 12:11 : 11 I 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.

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