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Isaiah 40:23
In 11 translations
- BSB
- He brings the princes to nothing and makes the rulers of the earth meaningless.Or judges
- KJV
- That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
- WEB
- who brings princes to nothing, who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.
- ASV
- that bringeth princes to nothing; that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
- LSV
- He who is making princes become nothing, || Has made judges of earth formless;
- YLT
- He who is making princes become nothing, Judges of earth as emptiness hath made;
- DBY
- that bringeth the princes to nothing, that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
- DRC
- He that bringeth the searchers of secrets to nothing, that hath made the judges of the earth as vanity.
- GNV
- He bringeth the princes to nothing, and maketh the iudges of the earth, as vanitie,
- JPS
- That bringeth princes to nothing; He maketh the judges of the earth as a thing of nought.
- LXXE
- he that appoints princes to rule as nothing, and has made the earth as nothing.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- הַנּוֹתֵ֥ן רוֹזְנִ֖ים לְאָ֑יִן שֹׁ֥פְטֵי אֶ֖רֶץ כַּתֹּ֥הוּ עָשָֽׂה׃
- LXX-Br
- Ὁ διδοὺς ἄρχοντας ὡς οὐδὲν ἄρχειν, τὴν δὲ γῆν ὡς οὐδὲν ἐποίησεν.
Who and where
◆ Prophecies of Isaiah
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
Isaiah, The Book ofReadings, SelectIsrael, Religion ofJeremiah (2)PrinceZephaniah, Book ofJohn, Gospel ofJob, Book ofIdolatryRulers
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Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 107:40He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
- Job 12:21He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.
- Isaiah 34:12No nobles will be left to proclaim a king, and all her princes will come to nothing.
- Jeremiah 25:18–27to make them a ruin, an object of horror and contempt and cursing, as they are to this day—Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials; Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officials, his leaders, and all his…
- Isaiah 19:13–14The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray. The LORD has poured into her a spirit of confusion. Egypt has been led astray in all she…
- Isaiah 24:21–22In that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and the kings of the earth below. They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon and punished after many days.
- Isaiah 23:9The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.
- Revelation 19:18–20so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.” Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies assembled to…
- Job 34:19–20who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands. They die in an instant, in the middle of the night. The people convulse and pass away; the mighty are removed…
- Luke 1:51–52He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts. He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
- Psalms 76:12He breaks the spirits of princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).