Isaiah 40:23

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

The One giving the rulers to nothingness, He makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness.

Latin

…qui dat secretorum scrutatores quasi non sint, judices terræ velut inane fecit.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Isaiah 40:23

princes: God is not impressed by human power or fame. Human strength and reputation do not change who God is.

Isaiah 40:1–31

This chapter introduces chapters 40–66. In this section, comfort means the result of God's merciful actions toward people in the future. It includes encouragement, strength, and acceptance.

God wants to rescue his people (Isaiah 40:1–11) and is fully capable of doing so (40:12–26). The exiles needed to trust God's promises and wait for their rescue (Isaiah 40:27–31; see also 30:15–18).

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah God’s Inscrutable Purposes in History God’s Justice God’s Servant Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Job 12:21
He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.
Psalm 107:40
He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
Isaiah 34:12
No nobles will be left to proclaim a king, and all her princes will come to nothing.
Jeremiah 25:18–27
…to make them a ruin, an object of horror and contempt and cursing, as they are to this day—Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials;
Job 34:19–20
…who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.
Isaiah 24:21–22
In that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and the kings of the earth below.
Isaiah 19:13–14
The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray.
Isaiah 23:9
The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.
Revelation 19:18–20
…so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.”
Luke 1:51–52
He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
Psalm 76:12
He breaks the spirits of princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth.

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