Isaiah 40:15

40:15 Look, the nations are like a drop in a bucket;

they are regarded as dust on the scales.

He lifts ¹  the coastlands ²  as if they were dust.

Isaiah 40:17

40:17 All the nations are insignificant before him;

they are regarded as absolutely nothing. ³ 

[40:15]  ¹ tn Or “weighs” (NIV); NLT “picks up.”

[40:15]  ² tn Or “islands” (NASB, NIV, NLT).

[40:17]  ³ tn Heb “[as derived] from nothing and unformed.”