"Behold, the nations {are} as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up …" — Isaiah 40:15

Isaiah 40:15 · KJV

“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.”

— Isaiah 40:15

Verse 14

With whom took he counsel, and {who} instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding? {instructed...: Heb. made him understand} {understanding: Heb. understandings?}

Verse 16

And Lebanon {is} not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.

Isaiah 40 — Context

Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or {being} his counsellor hath taught him? {his...: Heb. man of his counsel}

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.

And Lebanon {is} not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.

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

Cross References

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: {It is...: or, Him that}

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. {true...: Heb. God of truth} {living God: Heb. living Gods} {everlasting...: Heb. king of eternity}

Job 34:14-15

If he set his heart upon man, {if} he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; {man: Heb. him}

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.

Genesis 10:5

By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

Isaiah 41:5

The isles saw {it}, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.

Isaiah 66:19

And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, {to} Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, {to} Tubal, and Javan, {to} the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.