Biblical Sources of Phrases in Common Use: A Drop in the Bucket

The English language idiom, "a drop in the bucket," is used to refer to something which is insignificant when compared to what is actually needed.  The nations of the Earth are of meaningless value when compared to the magnificence of God.

"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." Isaiah 40:15

הֵן גּוֹיִם  כְּמַר  מִדְּלִי,  וּכְשַׁ חַק מֹאזְנַיִם נֶחְשָׁבוּ; הֵן אִיִּים, כַּדַּק יִטּוֹל.

A literal English language translation of the first sentence of Isaiah 40:15 is: “Behold the nations a drop a bucket a speck the scales regarded.” (from biblehub.com)  I have added spaces between the three words "kamar mideli ukasahaq/ a drop a bucket a speck") in the Hebrew text above.