## the nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are regarded like the dust on the scales ##

This emphasizes that the nations are nothing before God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])

## and are regarded like the dust on the scales ##

AT: "and Yahweh regards them as dust on the scales" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

## they are regarded by him as nothing ##

AT: "He regards them as nothing"