King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
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.
Complete Jewish Bible:
The nations are like a drop in a bucket, they count like a grain of dust on the scales. The islands weigh as little as specks of dust.
Berean Standard Bible:
Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered a speck of dust on the scales; He lifts up the islands like fine dust.
American Standard Version:
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are accounted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
Behold, the nations{H1471} are as a drop{H4752} of a bucket{H1805}, and are counted{H2803} as the small dust{H7834} of the balance{H3976}: behold, he taketh up{H5190} the isles{H339} as a very little thing{H1851}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Isaiah 40:22
- [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:
Jeremiah 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.
Isaiah 29:5
- 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.
Isaiah 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.
Job 34:14
- If he set his heart upon man, [if] he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
Job 34:15
- All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
Isaiah 59:18
- According to [their] deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.
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Commentary for Isaiah 40:15
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H1471
There are 511 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: גּוֹי
Transliteration: gôwy
Pronunciation: go'-ee
Description: rarely (shortened) גֹּי; apparently from the same root as גֵּוָה (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts; Gentile, heathen, nation, people. - Strong's Number: H4752
There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: מַר
Transliteration: mar
Pronunciation: mar
Description: from מָרַר in its original sense of distillation; a drop; drop. - Strong's Number: H1805
There are 2 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: דְּלִי
Transliteration: dᵉlîy
Pronunciation: del-ee'
Description: or דֳּלִי; from דָּלָה; a pail or jar (for drawing water); bucket. - Strong's Number: H2803
There are 122 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: חָשַׁב
Transliteration: châshab
Pronunciation: khaw-shab'
Description: a primitive root; properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute; (make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think. - Strong's Number: H7834
There are 21 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שַׁחַק
Transliteration: shachaq
Pronunciation: shakh'-ak
Description: from שָׁחַק; a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament; cloud, small dust, heaven, sky. - Strong's Number: H3976
There are 15 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: מֹאזֵן
Transliteration: môʼzên
Pronunciation: mo-zane'
Description: from אָזַן; (only in the dual) a pair of scales; balances. - Strong's Number: H5190
There are 4 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: נָטַל
Transliteration: nâṭal
Pronunciation: naw-tal'
Description: a primitive root; to lift; by implication, to impose; bear, offer, take up. - Strong's Number: H339
There are 127 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אִי
Transliteration: ʼîy
Pronunciation: ee
Description: from אָוָה; properly, a habitable spot (as desirable); dry land, a coast, an island; country, isle, island. - Strong's Number: H1851
There are 13 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: דַּק
Transliteration: daq
Pronunciation: dak
Description: from דָּקַק; crushed, i.e. (by implication) small or thin; dwarf, lean(-fleshed), very little thing, small, thin.