Isaiah 40:23

He reduces rulers to nothing and makes the rulers of the earth insignificant. 1

Unlocked Literal Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22He is the one who sits above the horizon of the earth; and the inhabitants are like grasshoppers before him. 1 He stretches out the heavens like a curtain and spreads them out as a tent to live in. 1

24They are barely planted, barely sown, their stem has barely taken root in the earth, 1 when he blows upon them and they wither, and the wind carries them away like straw. 1

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Cross References

Job 12:19He leads priests away barefoot in sorrow 1 and overthrows mighty people. 1

Job 34:19God, who does not show favoritism to leaders 1 and does not acknowledge rich people more than poor, 1 for they all are the work of his hands. 1

Psalms 76:12He cuts off the spirit of the princes; 1 he is feared by the kings of the earth.

Isaiah 2:11The lofty gaze of man will be brought low, and the pride of men will be brought down, 1 and Yahweh alone will be exalted on that day. 1

Isaiah 19:13The princes of Zoan have become fools, the princes of Memphis are deceived; they have made Egypt go astray, who are the cornerstones of her tribes. + 19:13 Instead of Memphis , some versions have Noph , the Hebrew name for the same city in Egypt. 1

Isaiah 24:21On that day Yahweh will punish the host of the heaven in the heavens, 1 and the kings of the earth on the earth. 1

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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