Isaiah 40:23
He bringeth the princes to nothing, and maketh the iudges of the earth, as vanitie,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
In Context
Cross References
Job 12:19He leadeth away the princes as a pray, and ouerthroweth the mightie.
Job 34:19How much lesse to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, and regardeth not the rich, more then the poore? for they be all the worke of his handes.
Psalms 76:12He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the Kings of the earth.
Isaiah 2:11The hie looke of man shall be humbled, and the loftinesse of men shalbe abased, and the Lord onely shall be exalted in that day.
Isaiah 19:13The princes of Zoan are become fooles: the princes of Noph are deceiued, they haue deceiued Egypt, euen the corners of the tribes thereof.
Isaiah 24:21And in that day shall the Lord visite the hoste aboue that is on hie, euen the Kinges of the world that are vpon 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 →