Isaiah 40:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Isaiah 40:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Are as nothing - This expresses literally what had been expressed by the beautiful and striking imagery above. Less than nothing - A strong hyperbolic expression denoting the utter insignific...
Isaiah 40:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

All nations before him [are] as (t) nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. (t) He speaks all this to the intent that they would neither fear man nor put their trust in a...
Isaiah 40:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

An Expansion of the Text Suggested in Isaiah 40:6-8 . Isaiah 40:12-17 . The Majesty of God, in Whose Eyes the World is Insignificant. God is the Creator, disposing of earth and heaven as very sm...
Isaiah 40:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

nations . the nations. nothing. See note on Isaiah 5:8 . Not the same word as in following clause. vanity . a desolation. Hebrew. tohu. Same as "without form" ( Genesis 1:2 ). See note on I...
Isaiah 40:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

17. All nations. He repeats what he had said, that it is in the power and at the disposal of God to destroy “all nations,” whenever he shall think proper; and that, even while they remain in...
Isaiah 40:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
Isaiah 40:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Who hath measured the waters, &c.— The prophet here, in the most sublime manner, celebrates the divine majesty and greatness, but particularly his wisdom. Rapt into an extacy, after he had desc...
Isaiah 40:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 - ( Psalms 62:9 ; Daniel 4:35 .) Less than nothin...
Isaiah 40:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Israel's Restoration from Exile in Babylon On the authorship and date of these Chapter s see Intro. According to their subject matter, they fall naturally into three divisions of almost equal leng...
Isaiah 40:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Less than nothing. — Literally, as things of nought. Vanity. — Once more the tohu, or chaos, of Genesis 1:2 — one of Isaiah’s favourite phrases ( Isaiah 24:10 ; Isaiah 29:21 ; Isaiah 34:...
Isaiah 40:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER I THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1-31 ; Isaiah 41:1-29 ; Isaiah 42:1-25 ; Isaiah 43:1-28 ; Isaiah 44:1-28 ; Isaiah 45:1-25 ; Isaiah 46:1-13 ; Isaiah 47:1-15 ; Isaiah 48:1-22 ; Isaiah 49:1...
Isaiah 40:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Creator and Ruler of All the Earth Isaiah 40:9-17 Zion is bidden to climb the highest mountain within reach, and announce the advent of the Savior-God. When all eyes are turned to behold Him, e...
Isaiah 40:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

We now commence the prophecies of peace, which also fall into three divisions, dealing in turn with the purpose of peace (40-48), the Prince of Peace (49-57), the program of peace (58-66). The fist...
Isaiah 40:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Some have thought that the person of God the Father is here spoken of, because the Church is taught to look up to Him with peculiar reverence of character, as the Creator. But, as the church is never...
Isaiah 40:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

All nations before him are as nothing ,.... As if they were nonentities, and were not real beings in comparison of him, who is the Being of beings, the author of all beings which exist in all nation...
Isaiah 40:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

All nations before him [are] as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. Ver. 17. All nations before him are as nothing. ] Agnosce ergo virium tuarum ουδενειαν. See th...
Isaiah 40:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold the nations , &c. As the drop of a bucket is as nothing when compared with the waters of the immense ocean, so all the nations of the world are as nothing when compared with God; and are...
Isaiah 40:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Evangelical Predictions. B. C. 708. 12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of h...
Isaiah 40:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Before him; either in his eyes, or being set against him, as this Hebrew word properly and most usually signifies. Counted to him, either in his judgment, or in comparison of him. Less than noth...
Isaiah 40:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Greatness Of God Proclaimed ( Isaiah 40:12-31 ). And He will be able to do it because of His greatness. In this vital passage the greatness of God to do What He declares He will do is now reve...
Isaiah 40:17 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 40:1-2 . Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath...
Isaiah 40:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 40:1 . Comfort ye, comfort ye my people. What a sweet voice is this to the church, after all her long afflictions. The words are doubled, to designate the fulness of comfort in the pardon o...
Isaiah 40:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of His hand? The grandeur of God The prophet’s notions of God are diffused through all the verses of the text. The prophet’s design in describing the...
Isaiah 40:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

PART III . ISAIAH 'S LATER PROPHECIES ( CH . 40-66.). SECTION I. THE PEOPLE OF GOD COMFORTED IN TRIBULATION ( Isaiah 40:1-23 .). EXPOSITION Prefatory Remarks THE A...
Isaiah 40:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jehovah the Supreme Ruler. The connection of thought between this section and the foregoing one is this, that the majesty and glory of God over against the idolatry of the heathen nations guarantee...
Isaiah 40:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 12:11 ; Daniel 4:34 ; Daniel 4:35 ; Job 25:6 ; Psalms 62:9

Isaiah 40:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 40:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 40:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 40:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 40:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 40:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 40:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 40:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 40:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 40:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 40:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 40:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 40:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 40:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 40:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 40:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 40:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 40:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 40:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 40:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 40:17 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 40:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 40:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 40:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 40:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 40:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge