Isaiah 40:15 “Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered a…”

Isaiah 40:15

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Behold, the nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are regarded as a speck of dust on a balance. Behold, he lifts up the islands like a very little thing.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Beholde, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the dust of the balance: beholde, he taketh away the yles as a litle dust.

Darby Translation

Behold, the nations are esteemed as a drop of the bucket, and as the fine dust on the scales; behold, he taketh up the isles as an atom.

Young's Literal Translation

Lo, nations as a drop from a bucket, And as small dust of the balance, have been reckoned, Lo, isles as a small thing He taketh up.

Bible in Basic English

See, the nations are to him like a drop hanging from a bucket, and like the small dust in the scales: he takes up the islands like small dust.

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Cross references

“the nations”

Isaiah 40:22 Jeremiah 10:10 Job 34:14 Job 34:15

Isaiah 40:22 · BSB

He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.

Jeremiah 10:10 · BSB

But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.

Job 34:14 · BSB

If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,

Job 34:15 · BSB

all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.

“the isles”

Isaiah 11:11 Isaiah 41:5 Genesis 10:5 Isaiah 59:18 Isaiah 66:19 Daniel 11:18

Isaiah 11:11 · BSB

On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

Isaiah 41:5 · BSB

The islands see and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward.

Genesis 10:5 · BSB

From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.

Isaiah 59:18 · BSB

So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands.

Isaiah 66:19 · BSB

I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My gl…

Daniel 11:18 · BSB

Then he will turn his face to the coastlands and capture many of them. But a commander will put an end to his reproach and will turn it back upon him.

Also

Isaiah 29:5

Isaiah 29:5 · BSB

But your many foes will be like fine dust, the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding?

16Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.

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