Isaiah 40:23

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

He who is making princes become nothing, Judges of earth as emptiness hath made;

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  • Ps 107:40 : 40 He is pouring contempt upon nobles, And causeth them to wander in vacancy -- no way.
  • Job 12:21 : 21 Pouring contempt upon princes, And the girdle of the mighty He made feeble.
  • Jer 25:18-27 : 18 Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, And its kings, its heads, To give them to waste, to astonishment, To hissing, and to reviling, as `at' this day. 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, And his heads, and all his people, 20 And all the mixed people, And all the kings of the land of Uz, And all the kings of the land of the Philistines, And Ashkelon, and Gazzah, and Ekron, And the remnant of Ashdod, 21 Edom, and Moab, and the sons of Ammon, 22 And all the kings of Tyre, And all the kings of Zidon, And the kings of the isle that `is' beyond the sea, 23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, And all cutting the corners `of the beard', 24 And all the kings of Arabia, And all the kings of the mixed people, Who are dwelling in the wilderness, 25 And all the kings of Zimri, And all the kings of Elam, And all the kings of Media, 26 And all the kings of the north, The near and the far off, one unto another, And all the kingdoms of the earth, That `are' on the face of the ground, And king Sheshach drinketh after them. 27 And thou hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts God of Israel, Drink ye, yea drink abundantly, And vomit, and fall, and rise not, Because of the sword that I am sending among you.
  • Luke 1:51-52 : 51 He did powerfully with His arm, He scattered abroad the proud in the thought of their heart, 52 He brought down the mighty from thrones, And He exalted the lowly,
  • Rev 19:18-20 : 18 that ye may eat flesh of kings, and flesh of chiefs of thousands, and flesh of strong men, and flesh of horses, and of those sitting on them, and the flesh of all -- freemen and servants -- both small and great.' 19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, having been gathered together to make war with him who is sitting upon the horse, and with his army; 20 and the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who did the signs before him, in which he led astray those who did receive the mark of the beast, and those who did bow before his image; living they were cast -- the two -- to the lake of the fire, that is burning with brimstone;
  • Job 34:19-20 : 19 That hath not accepted the person of princes, Nor hath known the rich before the poor, For a work of His hands `are' all of them. 20 `In' a moment they die, and at midnight Shake do people, and they pass away, And they remove the mighty without hand.
  • Ps 76:12 : 12 He doth gather the spirit of leaders, Fearful to the kings of earth!
  • Isa 19:13-14 : 13 Foolish have been princes of Zoan, Lifted up have been princes of Noph, And they have caused Egypt to err, The chief of her tribes. 14 Jehovah hath mingled in her midst A spirit of perverseness, And they have caused Egypt to err in all its work, As a drunkard erreth in his vomit.
  • Isa 23:9 : 9 Jehovah of Hosts hath counselled it, To pollute the excellency of all beauty, To make light all the honoured of earth.
  • Isa 24:21-22 : 21 And it hath come to pass, in that day, Jehovah layeth a charge on the host of the high place in the high place, And on the kings of the land on the land. 22 And they have been gathered -- A gathering of bound ones in a pit, And shut up they have been in a prison, And after a multitude of days are inspected.
  • Isa 34:12 : 12 `To' the kingdom her freemen they call, But there are none there, And all her princes are at an end.

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    17All the nations `are' as nothing before Him, Less than nothing and emptiness, They have been reckoned to Him.

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    11Kings of earth, and all peoples, Chiefs, and all judges of earth,

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    24Earth hath been given Into the hand of the wicked one. The face of its judges he covereth, If not -- where, who `is' he?

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    21And it hath come to pass, in that day, Jehovah layeth a charge on the host of the high place in the high place, And on the kings of the land on the land.

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    7But God `is' judge, This He maketh low -- and this He lifteth up.

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    35and all who are dwelling on the earth as nothing are reckoned, and according to his will He is doing among the forces of the heavens and those dwelling on the earth, and there is none that doth clap with his hand, and saith to Him, What hast Thou done?

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    9Jehovah of Hosts hath counselled it, To pollute the excellency of all beauty, To make light all the honoured of earth.

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    5Who is removing mountains, And they have not known, Who hath overturned them in His anger.

    6Who is shaking earth from its place, And its pillars move themselves.

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    16By me do chiefs rule, and nobles, All judges of the earth.

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    24He breaketh the mighty -- no searching! And He appointeth others in their stead.

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    14With kings and counsellors of earth, These building wastes for themselves.

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