King James Version
Isaiah 40:16 in the King James Version says “And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 40 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.”
Isaiah 40:16 · KJV
With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding? instructed: Heb. made him understand understanding: Heb. understandings?
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“nor the beasts”
H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
“for a burnt offering”
H5930a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
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