Isaiah 40:16
Isaiah 40:12-17 The Message (MSG)
Who has scooped up the ocean in his two hands, or measured the sky between his thumb and little finger, Who has put all the earth’s dirt in one of his baskets, weighed each mountain and hill? Who could ever have told GOD what to do or taught him his business? What expert would he have gone to for advice, what school would he attend to learn justice? What god do you suppose might have taught him what he knows, showed him how things work? Why, the nations are but a drop in a bucket, a mere smudge on a window. Watch him sweep up the islands like so much dust off the floor! There aren’t enough trees in Lebanon nor enough animals in those vast forests to furnish adequate fuel and offerings for his worship. All the nations add up to simply nothing before him— less than nothing is more like it. A minus.
Isaiah 40:16 King James Version (KJV)
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
Isaiah 40:16 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Even Lebanon is not enough to burn, Nor its beasts enough for a burnt offering.
Isaiah 40:16 New Century Version (NCV)
All the trees in Lebanon are not enough for the altar fires, and all the animals in Lebanon are not enough for burnt offerings.
Isaiah 40:16 American Standard Version (ASV)
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering.
Isaiah 40:16 New International Version (NIV)
Lebanon is not sufficient for altar fires, nor its animals enough for burnt offerings.
Isaiah 40:16 New King James Version (NKJV)
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt offering.
Isaiah 40:16 Amplified Bible (AMP)
And [the forests of] Lebanon cannot supply sufficient fuel to start a fire, Nor are its wild beasts enough for a burnt offering [worthy of the LORD].
Isaiah 40:16 New Living Translation (NLT)
All the wood in Lebanon’s forests and all Lebanon’s animals would not be enough to make a burnt offering worthy of our God.