Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
and makes judges of the earth irrational.
New American Standard Bible
Who
King James Version
That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
International Standard Version
who brings princes to nothing, and makes void the rulers of the earth.
A Conservative Version
who brings rulers to nothing, who makes the judges of the earth as vanity.
American Standard Version
that bringeth princes to nothing; that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Amplified
It is He who reduces dignitaries to nothing,
Who makes the judges (rulers) of the earth meaningless (useless).
Bible in Basic English
He makes rulers come to nothing; the judges of the earth are of no value.
Darby Translation
that bringeth the princes to nothing, that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Julia Smith Translation
He gave princes to nothing; he made the judges of the earth as vanity.
King James 2000
That brings the princes to nothing; he makes the judges of the earth as nothing.
Lexham Expanded Bible
the one who brings princes to nothing; he makes rulers of [the] earth like nothing.
Modern King James verseion
who brings the rulers to nothing; He makes the judges of the earth as vanity.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
That he bringeth princes to nothing, and the judges of the earth to dust;
NET Bible
He is the one who reduces rulers to nothing; he makes the earth's leaders insignificant.
New Heart English Bible
who brings princes to nothing; who makes the judges of the earth like meaningless.
The Emphasized Bible
Who delivereth dignitaries to nothingness, - Judges of earth, like a desolation, hath he made:
Webster
That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
World English Bible
who brings princes to nothing; who makes the judges of the earth like meaningless.
Youngs Literal Translation
He who is making princes become nothing, Judges of earth as emptiness hath made;
Interlinear
Nathan
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 40:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Comfort For God's People
22
its inhabitants are like grasshoppers.
He stretches out the heavens like thin cloth
and spreads them out like a tent to live in.
and makes judges of the earth irrational.
their stem hardly takes root in the ground
when He blows on them and they wither,
and a whirlwind carries them away like stubble.
Names
Cross References
Job 12:21
and disarms
Psalm 107:40
and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
Jeremiah 25:18-27
These included:
Job 34:19-20
and does not favor the rich over the poor,
for they are all the work of His hands.
Psalm 76:12
He is feared by the kings of the earth.
Isaiah 19:13-14
the princes of Memphis are deceived.
Her tribal chieftains have led Egypt astray.
Isaiah 23:9
to desecrate all its glorious beauty,
to disgrace all the honored ones of the earth.
Isaiah 24:21-22
the host of heaven above
and kings of the earth below.
Isaiah 34:12
and all her princes will come to nothing.
Luke 1:51-52
He has scattered the proud
because of the thoughts of their hearts;
Revelation 19:18-20
so that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of commanders, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and of their riders, and the flesh of everyone, both free and slave, small and great.”