Is it in the Bible?
Is “A drop in the bucket” in the Bible?
Yes. “A drop in the bucket” comes from the Bible, from Isaiah 40:15. The prophet Isaiah says it about the nations, compared with God.
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Where it is, and what it means there.
From the Bible
Yes. It comes from the Bible.
The verse is Isaiah 40:15.
The prophet Isaiah says it about the nations, compared with God.
The verse
Look, nations are like a drop hanging from a bucket, reckoned as a speck of dust on the scales; look, he picks up the islands as if they were fine powder.
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What it means there
Isaiah is comforting a small, beaten people: the empires that frighten them weigh almost nothing to God. Today it means an amount too small to matter.
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Is “A drop in the bucket” in the Bible?
Yes. “A drop in the bucket” comes from the Bible, from Isaiah 40:15. The saying is not word for word. It shortens or reshapes the verse. The prophet Isaiah says it about the nations, compared with God.
Where in the Bible is “A drop in the bucket”?
In Isaiah 40:15. In the Lumin Translation, Isaiah 40:15 reads: “Look, nations are like a drop hanging from a bucket, reckoned as a speck of dust on the scales; look, he picks up the islands as if they were fine powder.”
Who said “A drop in the bucket”?
The prophet Isaiah says it about the nations, compared with God.
What does “A drop in the bucket” mean in the Bible?
Isaiah is comforting a small, beaten people: the empires that frighten them weigh almost nothing to God. Today it means an amount too small to matter.
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