Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Toutes les nations sont devant lui comme un rien, Elles ne sont pour lui que néant et vanité.
KJV
All nations before him [are] as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
All nations before him [are] as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Toutes les nations sont devant lui comme un rien, Elles ne sont pour lui que néant et vanité.
KJV
All nations before him [are] as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
Martin of Leon
Sermons on Various Subjects
ile nations? About whom Isaiah said: "All the nations are regarded by Him as nothing and emptiness." Isaiah 40:17. Therefore, the earth is suspended over that nothingness where it was once held by the north, because the hearts of the Gentiles are now filled with God's love, which…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
s perfect: although in comparison with God his perfection is found wanting, according to the word of Is. 40:17, "All nations are before Him as if they had no being at all." In this way humility may be competent to every man. Reply to Objection 5: The Philosopher intended to treat…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 133 (Migne)
esignantur? De quibus per prophetam dicitur: «Omnes gentes velut nihilum et inane reputatae sunt ei (Isa. XL, 17) .» Ergo in nihilum terra suspenditur, quod prius vacuum ab aquilone tenebatur, quia illa corda gentilium repleta sunt charitate Dei, quae pressa prius fuerant tepore…
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