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Isaiah 40:15

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15Behold, the anations are like a drop from a bucket,

And are counted as a speck of bdust on the scales;

Behold, He lifts up the coastlands like fine dust.

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Cross references

  1. aJer 10:10
  2. bIs 17:13; 29:5

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket,

and are accounted as the dust on the scales;

behold, he takes up the coastlands like fine dust.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket;

they are regarded as dust on the scales;

he weighs the islands as though they were fine dust.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Look, the nations are like a drop in a bucket;

they are considered as a speck of dust on the scales;

he lifts up the islands like fine dust.

NLTNew Living Translation

No, for all the nations of the world

are but a drop in the bucket.

They are nothing more

than dust on the scales.

He picks up the whole earth

as though it were a grain of sand.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Look! The nations are like a drop from a bucket,

and they are counted like dust of the balances!

Look! He weighs the islands like a thin covering.

KJV 1900King 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.