Isaiah 40:15
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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.Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered a speck of dust on the scales; He lifts up the islands like fine dust.
In other translations
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.Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered a speck of dust on the scales; He lifts up the islands like fine dust.
Hebrew words
הֵןhenthere!H2005גּוֹיִםgoyimnationsH1471כְּמַרkemarlike a dropH4752מִדְּלִיmidelifrom a bucketH1805וּכְשַׁחַקukheshachakand like [the] dust ofH7834מֹאזְנַיִםmoznayimscalesH3976נֶחְשָׁבוּnechshavuthey are regardedH2803הֵןhenthere!H2005אִיִּים'iyimislandsH339כַּדַּקkadaklike <the> fine [dust]H1851יִטּוֹל׃yitolhe liftsH5190
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