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Isaiah 40:23

Authority and leadershipGod's power and sovereignty

21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

22 It is he that sitteth upon 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:

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

24 Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.

25 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.

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BSB
He brings the princes to nothing and makes the rulers of the earth meaningless.
KJV
That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
WEB
who brings princes to nothing, who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.
ASV
that bringeth princes to nothing; that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
DARBY
that bringeth the princes to nothing, that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
BLB
The One giving the rulers to nothingness, He makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness.
ÅB
den som gjør fyrster til intet, ordens dommere til ingenting;
OTB
Han gjør fyrster ubetydelige og reduserer verdens herskere til ingenting.
B1930
den som gjør fyrster til intet, ordens dommere til ingenting;

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 107:40

    He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.

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  • Job 12:21

    He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.

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  • Jeremiah 25:18–27

    To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;

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  • Isaiah 34:12

    They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.

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  • Isaiah 24:21–22

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.

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  • Psalms 76:12

    He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth.

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  • Isaiah 23:9

    The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.

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  • Revelation 19:18–20

    That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.

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