Isaiah 40:17

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

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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 h...
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 th...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 - (...
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 n...
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 ph...
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...
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 Sav...
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...
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 char...
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,...
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...
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 wor...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Evangelical Predictions. B. C. 708. ...
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...
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...
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 accompli...
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. The loss of comfort is no small loss. God w...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 40:1 . Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. «They need it, and they shall have it. Mind, O my servants, that you give it to t...
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, t...
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 Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

All nations before Him are as nothing, their entire sum and substance totaling only so much before Him; and they are counted to Him less than nothin...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

¹⁷ All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 40:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 40:17