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Behold, the nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are regarded as a speck of dust on a balance. Behold, he lifts up the islands like a very little thing.

Isaiah 40:15 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીયશાયા ૪૦:૧૫
જુઓ, પ્રજાઓ ડોલમાંથી ટપકતાં ટીપાં જેવી અને ત્રાજવાંને ચોંટેલી રજ સમાન ગણાયેલી છે; જુઓ, દ્વીપો ઊડી જતી ધૂળ જેવા છે.
हिन्दीयशायाह ४०:१५
देखो, जातियाँ तो डोल की एक बूँद या पलड़ों पर की धूल के तुल्य ठहरीं; देखो, वह द्वीपों को धूल के किनकों सरीखे उठाता है।

In context

13Who has directed the LORD’s Spirit, or has taught him as his counselor?

14Who did he take counsel with, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding?

15Behold, the nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are regarded as a speck of dust on a balance. Behold, he lifts up the islands like a very little thing.

16Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering.

17All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity.

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