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Isaiah 40:15
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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?
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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.
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And Lebanon [is] not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
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Verse Text
KJV with Strong's Numbers
Behold, the nationsH1471 are as a dropH4752 of a bucketH1805, and are countedH2803 as the small dustH7834 of the balanceH3976: behold, he taketh upH5190 the islesH339 as a very little thingH1851.
Original Hebrew
הֵן גֹּויִם כְּמַר מִדְּלִי וּכְשַׁחַק מֹאזְנַיִם נֶחְשָׁבוּ הֵן אִיִּים כַּדַּק יִטֹּול׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
הֵ֤ן |
hen | H2005 | HTm | there! |
גּוֹיִם֙ |
go.Yim | H1471 | HNcmpa | nations |
כְּ/מַ֣ר |
ke./Mar | H4752 | HR/Ncmsa | like/ a drop |
מִ/דְּלִ֔י |
mi./de.Li | H1805 | HR/Ncmsa | from/ a bucket |
וּ/כְ/שַׁ֥חַק |
u./khe./Sha.chak | H7834 | HC/R/Ncmsc | and/ like/ (the) dust of |
מֹאזְנַ֖יִם |
moz.Na.yim | H3976 | HNcmda | scales |
נֶחְשָׁ֑בוּ |
nech.Sha.vu | H2803 | HVNp3cp | they are regarded |
הֵ֥ן |
hen | H2005 | HTm | there! |
אִיִּ֖ים |
'i.Yim | H339 | HNcmpa | islands |
כַּ/דַּ֥ק |
ka./Dak | H1851 | HRd/Aamsa | like (the)/ fine (dust) |
יִטּֽוֹל |
yi.Tol | H5190 | HVqi3ms | he lifts |
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
- H339 — אִי (ʼîy, ee): from אָוָה; properly, a habitable spot (as desirable); dry land, a coast, an island; country, isle, island.
- H1471 — גּוֹי (gôwy, go'-ee): rarely (shortened) גֹּי; apparently from the same root as גֵּוָה (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts; Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
- H1805 — דְּלִי (dᵉlîy, del-ee'): or דֳּלִי; from דָּלָה; a pail or jar (for drawing water); bucket.
- H1851 — דַּק (daq, dak): from דָּקַק; crushed, i.e. (by implication) small or thin; dwarf, lean(-fleshed), very little thing, small, thin.
- H2803 — חָשַׁב (châshab, khaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute; (make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.
- H3976 — מֹאזֵן (môʼzên, mo-zane'): from אָזַן; (only in the dual) a pair of scales; balances.
- H4752 — מַר (mar, mar): from מָרַר in its original sense of distillation; a drop; drop.
- H5190 — נָטַל (nâṭal, naw-tal'): a primitive root; to lift; by implication, to impose; bear, offer, take up.
- H7834 — שַׁחַק (shachaq, shakh'-ak): from שָׁחַק; a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament; cloud, small dust, heaven, sky.
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H2005 — הֵן (hên, hane): a primitive particle; lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if; behold, if, lo, though.
Cross References
Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)
- the isles — Genesis 10:5, Isaiah 11:11, Isaiah 41:5, Isaiah 59:18, Isaiah 66:19, Daniel 11:18, Zephaniah 2:11
- the nations — Job 34:14-15, Isaiah 40:22, Jeremiah 10:10
Reciprocal references (4): Psalms 50:21, Psalms 62:9, Psalms 113:4, Daniel 4:35
Related Topics
- Nave’s: BALANCES, BUCKET, GOD, IDOLATRY, READINGS, SELECT
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