Isaiah 40:15
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Isaiah 40:15 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
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.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Siehe, Nationen sind geachtet wie ein Tropfen am Eimer und wie ein Sandkorn auf der Waagschale. Siehe, Inseln sind wie ein Stäubchen, das emporschwebt.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
He aquí que las naciones son reputadas como la gota de un acetre, y como el orín del peso: he aquí que hace desaparecer las islas como polvo.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Eis que as nações lhe são consideradas como uma gota de balde, e como o pó miúdo das balanças; eis que ele levanta as ilhas como poeira.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Vede! As nações são como uma gota em um balde; são consideradas como pó nas balanças. Vede! Ele pesa as ilhas como um grão de poeira.
📖 Isaiah 40:15 in Context
13Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
14With 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?
15Behold, 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.
16And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
17All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
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