23who brings princes to nothing; who makes the judges of the earth like meaningless.


In Context

20 He who is too impoverished for such an offering chooses a tree that will not rot. He seeks a skillful workman to set up an engraved image for him that will not be moved.

21 Haven't you known? Haven't you heard, yet? Haven't you been told from the beginning? Haven't you understood from the foundations of the earth?

22 It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in;

23 who brings princes to nothing; who makes the judges of the earth like meaningless.

24 They are planted scarcely. They are sown scarcely. Their stock has scarcely taken root in the ground. He merely blows on them, and they wither, and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble.

25 |To whom then will you liken me? Who is my equal?| says the Holy One.

Isaiah 40:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

40:23That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

40:23He brings princes to naught and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

40:23He that bringeth the searchers of secrets to nothing, that hath made the judges of the earth as vanity.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

40:23that bringeth princes to nothing; that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:23that bringeth the princes to nothing, that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

40:23that bringeth princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:23That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

40:23He who is making princes become nothing, Judges of earth as emptiness hath made;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

40:23That brings the princes to nothing; he makes the judges of the earth as vanity.