King James Version

Isaiah 40:23

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

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הַנּוֹתֵ֥ןhanotenthe giveנָתַןdefinite article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “the give”, a verb used as a describing wordH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…רוֹזְנִ֖יםrozenimprinceרָזַןverb, qal, participle, absolute — “prince”, a verb used as a describing wordH7336probably to be heavy, i.e. (figuratively) honorableprince, ruler.לְאָ֑יִןleayinto elseאַיִןpreposition, particle, negative — “to else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).שֹׁ֥פְטֵיshofetejudgeשָׁפַטverb, qal, participle, construct — “judge”, a verb used as a describing wordH8199to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)[phrase] avenge, [idiom] that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), [idiom] needs, plead, reason, rule.אֶ֖רֶץeretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.כַּתֹּ֥הוּkatohvas vainתֹּהוּpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as vain”, the ordinary formH8414a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vainconfusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.עָשָֽׂהasahdoעָשָׂהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “do”, a completed actionH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

That bringeth princes to nothing; He maketh the judges of the earth as a thing of nought.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

who brings princes to nothing, who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

He that bringeth the searchers of secrets to nothing, that hath made the judges of the earth as vanity.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

That bringeth princes to nothing; He maketh the judges of the earth as a thing of nought.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὁ διδοὺς ἄρχοντας ὡς οὐδὲν ἄρχειν, τὴν δὲ γῆν ὡς οὐδὲν ἐποίησεν.