Isaiah 40:23 KJV — MannaFest

Isaiah 40:23

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

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ASV

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

WEB

He brings the princes to nothing and makes the rulers of the earth meaningless.

YLT

He who is making princes become nothing, Judges of earth as emptiness hath made;

DBT

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

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Psalms 107:40
He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
Job 12:21
He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
Jeremiah 25:18–27
To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;
Isaiah 34:12
They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.
Jeremiah 10:24
O Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

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Da 2:21). judges--that is, rulers; for these exercised judicial authority (Ps 2:10). The Hebrew, shophtee, answers to the Carthaginian chief magistrates, suffetes.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

He makes them utterly unable to stand before his judgments, which shall either, [1.] Prevent their settlement in their authority: They shall not be planted; they shall not be sown; and those are the two ways of propagating plants, either by seed or slips.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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