Isaiah Chapter 40 verse 23 Holy Bible

ASV Isaiah 40:23

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

He makes rulers come to nothing; the judges of the earth are of no value.
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DARBY Isaiah 40:23

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

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


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WEB Isaiah 40:23

who brings princes to nothing; who makes the judges of the earth as vanity.
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YLT Isaiah 40:23

He who is making princes become nothing, Judges of earth as emptiness hath made;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 23. - The princes... the judges; rather, princes, judges. The entire class of such is meant, not any special individuals (comp. Psalm 107:40; Job 12:19-21). As vanity; or, as chaos - the same word that is used in ver. 17.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(23) That bringeth the princes to nothing.--The words imply, like those of Isaiah 14:9, the prophetic strain of experience. The past is full of the records of kingdoms that are no more; so also shall the future be; mortalia facta peribunt. In "vanity" we have the familiar tohu once more.