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 nothing; less than a thing of nought, or of no account or worth; or, as others render it, for nothing.
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Isaiah 40:17
17 All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.