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

Isaiah 40:23

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— He [it is] who reduces rulers to nothing, Who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— that bringeth princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— that bringeth princes to nothing; that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— that bringeth the princes to nothing, that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Who delivereth dignitaries to nothingness,—Judges of earth, like a desolation, hath he made:
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— He who is making princes become nothing, Judges of earth as emptiness hath made;
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— He that bringeth the searchers of secrets to nothing, that hath made the judges of the earth as vanity.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— He bringeth the princes to nothing, and maketh the iudges of the earth, as vanitie,
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— That bringeth the princes to nothing; hee maketh the Iudges of the earth as vanitie.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Who brings princes to nought; and makes the judges of the earth as if they were nothing.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— he that appoints princes to rule as nothing, and has made the earth as nothing.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

That bringeth 5414

{5414} Prime
נָתַן
nathan
{naw-than'}

A primitive root; to give, used with great latitude of application (put, make, etc.).

z8802

<8802> Grammar

Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386

the princes 7336

{7336} Prime
רָזַן
razan
{raw-zan'}

A primitive root; probably to be heavy, that is, (figuratively) honorable.

z8802

<8802> Grammar

Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386

to nothing; x369

(0369) Complement
אַיִן
'ayin
{ah'-yin}

As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.

he maketh 6213

{6213} Prime
עָשָׂה
`asah
{aw-saw'}

A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.

z8804

<8804> Grammar

Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562

the judges 8199

{8199} Prime
שָׁפַט
shaphat
{shaw-fat'}

A primitive root; to judge, that is, pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication to vindicate or punish; by extension to govern; passively to litigate (literally or figuratively).

z8802

<8802> Grammar

Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386

of the earth 776

{0776} Prime
אֶרֶץ
'erets
{eh'-rets}

From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land).

as vanity. 8414

{8414} Prime
תֹּהוּ
tohuw
{to'-hoo}

From an unused root meaning to lie waste; a desolation (of surface), that is, desert; figuratively a worthless thing; adverbially in vain.

Isaiah 40:23

_ _ (Psalms 107:4; Daniel 2:21).

_ _ judges — that is, rulers; for these exercised judicial authority (Psalms 2:10). The Hebrew, shophtee, answers to the Carthaginian chief magistrates, suffetes.

See commentary on Isaiah 40:18-26.

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Isaiah 19:13-14 The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, [even they that are] the stay of the tribes thereof. ... The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken [man] staggereth in his vomit.

Isaiah 23:9 The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, [and] to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.

Isaiah 24:21-22 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones [that are] on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. ... And they shall be gathered together, [as] prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.

Job 12:21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.

Job 34:19-20 [How much less to him] that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all [are] the work of his hands. ... In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.

Psalms 76:12 He shall cut off the spirit of princes: [he is] terrible to the kings of the earth.

Psalms 107:40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, [where there is] no way.

Jeremiah 25:18-27 [To wit], Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as [it is] this day; ... Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.

Luke 1:51-52 He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. ... He hath put down the mighty from [their] seats, and exalted them of low degree.

Revelation 19:18-20 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all [men, both] free and bond, both small and great. ... And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

Jb 12:21; 34:19. Ps 76:12; 107:40. Is 19:13; 23:9; 24:21. Jr 25:18. Lk 1:51. Rv 19:18.