Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Isaiah 40:17 in English Standard Version "All the nations are as nothing before him, they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness." Ps 62:9 Those of low estate are but a breath; those of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath. Isa 41:12 You shall seek those who contend with you, but you shall not find them; those who war against you shall be as nothing at all. Da 4:35 all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and he does according to his will among the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand or say to him, “What have you done?”