Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
(Psalms 62:9; Daniel 4:35).
less than nothing—MAURER translates, as in Isaiah 41:24, "of nothing" (partitively; or expressive of the nature of a thing), a mere nothing.
vanity—emptiness.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 40:17:
Isaiah 40:6
Isaiah 41:24
Daniel 4:35
Acts 17:25
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