Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
He makes rulers come to nothing; the judges of the earth are of no value.
New American Standard Bible
Who
King James Version
That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Holman Bible
and makes judges of the earth irrational.
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).
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 It is he who is seated over the arch of the earth, and the people in it are as small as locusts; by him the heavens are stretched out like an arch, and made ready like a tent for a living-place. 23 He makes rulers come to nothing; the judges of the earth are of no value. 24 They have only now been planted, and their seed put into the earth, and they have only now taken root, when he sends out his breath over them and they become dry, and the storm-wind takes them away like dry grass.
Names
Cross References
Job 12:21
He puts shame on chiefs, and takes away the power of the strong;
Psalm 107:40
He puts an end to the pride of kings, and sends them wandering in the waste lands where there is no way.
Jeremiah 25:18-27
Jerusalem and the towns of Judah and their kings and their princes, to make them a waste place, a cause of fear and surprise and a curse, as it is this day;
Job 34:19-20
Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.
Psalm 76:12
He puts an end to the wrath of rulers; he is feared by the kings of the earth.
Isaiah 19:13-14
The chiefs of Zoan have become foolish, the chiefs of Noph are tricked, the heads of her tribes are the cause of Egypt's wandering out of the way.
Isaiah 23:9
It was the purpose of the Lord of armies to put pride to shame, to make sport of the glory of those who are honoured in the earth.
Isaiah 24:21-22
And in that day the Lord will send punishment on the army of the high ones on high, and on the kings of the earth on the earth.
Isaiah 34:12
The jackals will be there, and her great ones will be gone; they will say, There is no longer a kingdom there, and all her chiefs will have come to an end.
Luke 1:51-52
With his arm he has done acts of power; he has put to flight those who have pride in their hearts.
Revelation 19:18-20
So that you may take for your food the flesh of kings, and of captains, and of strong men, and of horses and of those who are seated on them, and the flesh of all men, free and unfree, small and great.