Isaiah 40:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²³ who brings princes to naught and makes the rulers of the earth as nothing.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ Who brings dignitaries to nothing, Who makes the judges and rulers of the earth as chaos (emptiness, falsity, and futility).

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

²³ God makes dignitaries useless and the earth’s judges into nothing.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ He has brought those who examine what is secret to nothingness. He has brought the judges of the earth to emptiness.

Isaiah 40:23 Cross References

Psalm 107:40

he pours contempt on princes and makes them wander in trackless wastes,

Job 12:21

He pours contempt on princes and looses the belt of the strong.

Isaiah 34:12

They shall call its nobles No Kingdom There, and all its princes shall be nothing.

Isaiah 23:9

The Lord of hosts has planned it— to defile the pride of all glory, to shame all the honored of the earth.

Psalm 76:12

who cuts off the spirit of princes, who inspires fear in the kings of the earth.

Isaiah 5:21

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and shrewd in their own sight!

Amos 2:3

I will cut off the ruler from its midst and will kill all its officials with him, says the Lord.

Job 12:19

He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the mighty.

Isaiah 2:11

The haughty eyes of people shall be brought low, and the pride of everyone shall be humbled, and the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.

Isaiah 2:12

For the Lord of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up and high;