Isaiah 40:23

Who delivereth dignitaries to nothingness,—Judges of earth, like a desolation, hath he made:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 who sitteth upon the circle of the earth, While the inhabitants thereof are, as grass-hoppers,—Who stretcheth forth, as a curtain, the heavens, And spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;

24Scarcely have they been planted, Scarcely have they been sown, Scarcely hath their stock, begun to take root in the earth, When he hath just blown upon them and they have withered, And, a whirlwind, as though they had been chaff, carrieth them away.

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Cross References

Job 12:19Who leadeth away priests [as] a spoil, and, men firmly seated, He overturneth:

Job 34:19For he hath shewn no respect of persons unto princes, neither hath he recognised the rich rather than the poor? For, the work of his hands, are they all.

Psalms 76:12He cutteth off the spirit of nobles, he is of reverend majesty to the kings of the earth.

Isaiah 2:11The lofty looks of mean men, shall be humbled, And, the haughtiness of great men, shall be bowed down,—And Yahweh alone shall be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 19:13Doting are the princes of Zoan, Deceived are the princes of Noph: They who are the corner-stone of her tribes, have led Egypt astray.

Isaiah 24:21And it shall be in that day, That Yahweh will bring punishment Upon the host of the height in the height,—And upon the kings of the ground on the ground.

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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