who brings princes to naught, shall make the rulers of the earth as emptiness.
that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Who brings dignitaries to nothing, Who makes the judges and rulers of the earth as chaos (emptiness, falsity, and futility).
that bringeth princes to nothing; that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
God makes dignitaries useless and the earth’s judges into nothing.
He has brought those who examine what is secret to nothingness. He has brought the judges of the earth to emptiness.
He that bringeth the searchers of secrets to nothing, that hath made the judges of the earth as vanity.
who leads away priests as a spoil, and overthrows the mighty;
pouring scorn on nobles, and loosens the girdle of the strong;
He pours scorn on nobles, And causes them to wander in a pathless waste;
He cuts off the spirit of leaders, He is awesome to the sovereigns of the earth!
The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, the pride of men shall be bowed down, and יהוה alone shall be exalted in that day.
For יהוה of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up, so that it is brought low;
יהוה of hosts has counselled it, to defile the pride of all splendour, and to shame all the esteemed of the earth.
Its caves, with no one in them, is called a reign, but all its rulers have vanished.
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and clever in their own sight!
“And I shall cut off the judge from its midst, and kill all its heads with him,” said יהוה.