Isaiah 40:15
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Isaiah 40:15 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Isaiah 40:15 is a verse from the book of Isaiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up th..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Isaiah 40:15 — KJV
“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.”
— Isaiah 40:15 (KJV)
Isaiah 40:15 in Context — About the Book of Isaiah
Isaiah is the prince of prophets — soaring visions of God's holiness, searing warnings, and the Old Testament's clearest portraits of the coming Messiah: born of a virgin, wounded for our transgressions, a man of sorrows. Comfort and strength for the weary run through every chapter.
Cross-References for Isaiah 40:15
“Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways. as if...: or, that was lothed as a small thing”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 40:15: nations, small, very
“And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. And the evening...: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 40:15: behold, very, thing
“And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 40:15: behold, very, thing
“By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 40:15: nations, isles, very
“And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 40:15: behold, small, thing
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