Isaías 40:17

17 Como nada son todos los gentiles delante de él; y en su comparación serán estimadas en vanidad y en menos que nada

Isaías 40:17 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 40:17

All nations before him are as nothing
As if they were nonentities, and were not real beings in comparison of him, who is the Being of beings, the author of all beings which exist in all nations; who are all in his sight, and are not only as grasshoppers, as is after mentioned, but even as nothing: and they are counted to him as less than nothing, and vanity;
if there is or could be such a thing less than nothing, that they are; and so they are accounted of by him; they are like the chaos out of which the earth was formed, when it was "tohu" and "bohu", the first of which words is used here; this serves to humble the pride of men, and to lessen the glory of the nations, and the inhabitants of them.

Isaías 40:17 In-Context

15 He aquí que las naciones son estimadas como la gota de un acetre; y como el orín del peso; he aquí que hace desaparecer las islas como polvo

16 Ni todo el Líbano bastará para el fuego; ni todos sus animales para el sacrificio

17 Como nada son todos los gentiles delante de él; y en su comparación serán estimadas en vanidad y en menos que nada

18 ¿A qué, pues, haréis semejante a Dios, o qué imagen le compondréis

19 El artífice apareja la imagen de talla; el platero le extiende el oro, y el platero le funde cadenas de plata