Isaiah 40:17 — King James Version← Study notes

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

Isaiah 40:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Isaiah 40:178 words

HebrewMeaning

כָּלkāl

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

הַ/גּוֹיִ֖םhagwōyim

GentileparticleH1471

heathen · nation · people

כְּ/אַ֣יִןkəʾayin

elsepronH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

נֶגְדּ֑/וֹnegədwō

aboutpronH5048

against · aloof · far · from ···

מֵ/אֶ֥פֶסmēʾepes

anklepronH657

but · end · howbeit · less than nothing ···

וָ/תֹ֖הוּwātōhw

confusionconjH8414

empty place · without form · nothing · nought ···

נֶחְשְׁבוּneḥəšəbw

accountverbH2803

conceive · consider · count · cunning (man ···

לֽ/וֹlwō

pron

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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