King James Version
Isaiah 40:23 in the King James Version says “That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 40 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.”
Isaiah 40:23 · KJV
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?
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: It is: or, Him that
That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
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.
To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“That bringeth”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“the judges”
H8199to judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literal
“as vanity”
H8414a desolation (of surface), i.e., desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain
“to nothing he maketh”
H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
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