Yesaya 40:15

40:15 Look, the nations are like a drop in a bucket;

they are regarded as dust on the scales.

He lifts ¹  the coastlands ²  as if they were dust.

Yesaya 40:17

40:17 All the nations are insignificant before him;

they are regarded as absolutely nothing. ³ 

Bilangan 13:33

13:33 We even saw the Nephilim ⁴  there (the descendants of Anak came from the Nephilim), and we seemed liked grasshoppers both to ourselves ⁵  and to them.” ⁶ 

[40:15]  ¹ tn Or “weighs” (NIV); NLT “picks up.”

[40:15]  ² tn Or “islands” (NASB, NIV, NLT).

[40:17]  ³ tn Heb “[as derived] from nothing and unformed.”

[13:33]  ⁴ tc The Greek version uses gigantes (“giants”) to translate “the Nephilim,” but it does not retain the clause “the sons of Anak are from the Nephilim.”

[13:33]  sn The Nephilim are the legendary giants of antiquity. They are first discussed in Gen 6:4. This forms part of the pessimism of the spies’ report.

[13:33]  ⁵ tn Heb “in our eyes.”

[13:33]  ⁶ tn Heb “in their eyes.”