Isaiah 40:23
Modern Translations
New International Version
He brings princes to naught and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.

New Living Translation
He judges the great people of the world and brings them all to nothing.

English Standard Version
who brings princes to nothing, and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness.

Berean Study Bible
He brings the princes to nothing and makes the rulers of the earth meaningless.

New American Standard Bible
It is He who reduces rulers to nothing, Who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.

NASB 1995
He it is who reduces rulers to nothing, Who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.

NASB 1977
He it is who reduces rulers to nothing, Who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.

Amplified Bible
It is He who reduces dignitaries to nothing, Who makes the judges (rulers) of the earth meaningless (useless).

Christian Standard Bible
He reduces princes to nothing and makes judges of the earth like a wasteland.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He reduces princes to nothing and makes judges of the earth irrational.

Contemporary English Version
God brings down rulers and turns them into nothing.

Good News Translation
He brings down powerful rulers and reduces them to nothing.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He makes rulers unimportant and makes earthly judges worth nothing.

International Standard Version
who brings princes to nothing, and makes void the rulers of the earth.

NET Bible
He is the one who reduces rulers to nothing; he makes the earth's leaders insignificant.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

New King James Version
He brings the princes to nothing; He makes the judges of the earth useless.

King James 2000 Bible
That brings the princes to nothing; he makes the judges of the earth as nothing.

New Heart English Bible
who brings princes to nothing; who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.

World English Bible
who brings princes to nothing; who makes the judges of the earth like meaningless.

American King James Version
That brings the princes to nothing; he makes the judges of the earth as vanity.

American Standard Version
that bringeth princes to nothing; that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

A Faithful Version
Who brings the rulers to nothing; He makes the judges of the earth as vanity.

Darby Bible Translation
that bringeth the princes to nothing, that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

English Revised Version
that bringeth princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

Webster's Bible Translation
That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
He bringeth the princes to nothing, and maketh the iudges of the earth, as vanitie,

Bishops' Bible of 1568
He bringeth princes to nothing, and the iudges of the earth as though they were not.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
That he bringeth princes to nothinge, and the iudges of the earth to dust:
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
He who is making princes become nothing, "" Has made judges of earth formless;

Young's Literal Translation
He who is making princes become nothing, Judges of earth as emptiness hath made;

Smith's Literal Translation
He gave princes to nothing; he made the judges of the earth as vanity.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
He that bringeth the searchers of secrets to nothing, that hath made the judges of the earth as vanity.

Catholic Public Domain Version
He has brought those who examine what is secret to nothingness. He has brought the judges of the earth to emptiness.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Who made the Rulers nothing and the Judges of the Earth as if they are not

Lamsa Bible
Who brings princes to nought; and makes the judges of the earth as if they were nothing.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
That bringeth princes to nothing; He maketh the judges of the earth as a thing of nought.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
he that appoints princes to rule as nothing, and has made the earth as nothing.
















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