Isaiah 40:23

That bringeth princes to nothing; He maketh the judges of the earth as a thing of nought.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22It is He that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;

24Scarce are they planted, scarce are they sown, scarce hath their stock taken root in the earth; when He bloweth upon them, they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.

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Cross References

Job 12:19He leadeth priests away stripped, and overthroweth the mighty.

Job 34:19That respecteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? For they all are the work of His hands.

Psalms 76:12(76-13) He minisheth the spirit of princes; He is terrible to the kings of the earth.

Isaiah 2:11The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 19:13The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have caused Egypt to go astray, that are the corner-stone of her tribes.

Isaiah 24:21And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD will punish the host of the high heaven on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 40:19-27

Vanity of Idols. ( b. c. 708.) 18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? 19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. 20 He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved. 21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from… Read the whole commentary →

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