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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).
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
It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in;
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Who
Names
Cross References
Job 12:21
He pours contempt on princes and loosens the belt of the strong.
Psalm 107:40
he pours contempt on princes and makes them wander in trackless wastes;
Jeremiah 25:18-27
Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a desolation and a waste, a hissing and a curse, as at this day;
Job 34:19-20
who shows no partiality to princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor, for they are all the work of his hands?
Psalm 76:12
who cuts off the spirit of princes, who is to be feared by the kings of the earth.
Isaiah 19:13-14
The princes of Zoan have become fools, and the princes of Memphis are deluded; those who are the cornerstones of her tribes have made Egypt stagger.
Isaiah 23:9
The LORD of hosts has purposed it, to defile the pompous pride of all glory, to dishonor all the honored of the earth.
Isaiah 24:21-22
On that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven, in heaven, and the kings of the earth, on the earth.
Isaiah 34:12
Its nobles--there is no one there to call it a kingdom, and all its princes shall be nothing.
Luke 1:51-52
He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts;
Revelation 19:18-20
to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, both small and great."