Isaiah

Isaiah 40:15

¹⁵Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket;

they are considered a speck of dust on the scales;

He lifts up the islandsⁱ like fine dust.

Footnotes

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Surely	הֵ֤ן	hên	Interjection	H2005 lo! behold
the nations	גּוֹיִם֙	gō·w·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H1471 nation, people
are like a drop	כְּמַ֣ר	kə·mar	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct	H4752 drop
in a bucket	מִדְּלִ֔י	mid·də·lî	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H1805 bucket
they are considered	נֶחְשָׁ֑בוּ	neḥ·šā·ḇū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural	H2803 think, account
a speck of dust	וּכְשַׁ֥חַק	ū·ḵə·ša·ḥaq	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct	H7834 dust, cloud
on the scales	מֹאזְנַ֖יִם	mō·zə·na·yim	Noun - md	H3976 balances, scales
He lifts up	יִטּֽוֹל׃	yiṭ·ṭō·wl	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5190 lift, bear
the islands	אִיִּ֖ים	’î·yîm	Noun - masculine plural	H339 coast, region
like fine dust	כַּדַּ֥ק	kad·daq	Preposition-k, Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H1851 thin, small, fine

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.