Isaiah 40:23

That bringeth the princes to nothing; hee maketh the Iudges of the earth as vanitie.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

He {it is} who reduces rulers to nothing, Who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

that bringeth princes to nothing; that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
- American Standard Version (1901)

He makes rulers come to nothing; the judges of the earth are of no value.
- Basic English Bible

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

That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
- Webster's Bible

who brings princes to nothing; who makes the judges of the earth like meaningless.
- World English Bible

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

That bringeth princes to nothing; He maketh the judges of the earth as a thing of nought.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Wesley's Notes for Isaiah 40:23

40:21 Known - God to be the only true God, the maker and governor of the world.

40:22 Sitteth - Far above this round earth, even in the highest heavens; from whence he looketh down upon the earth, where men appear to him like grasshoppers. As here we have the circle of the earth, so elsewhere we read of the circle of heaven, #Job 22:14|, and of the circle of the deep, or sea, #Prov 8:27|, because the form of the heaven, and earth and sea is circular. Spreadeth - For the benefit of the earth and of mankind, that all parts might partake of its comfortable influences.

40:24 Sown - They shall take no root, for planting and sowing are in order to taking root. They shall not continue and flourish, as they have vainly imagined, but shall be rooted up and perish.