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Isaiah 40:23–24

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23It is He who reduces arulers to nothing,

Who bmakes the 1judges of the earth utterly formless.

241Scarcely have they been planted;

2Scarcely have they been sown;

3Scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth,

But He merely blows on them, and they 4wither,

And the astorm carries them away like stubble.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or leaders
  2. 1Or Not even
  3. 2Or Not even
  4. 3Or Not even
  5. 4Or dry up, cf. 42:15; Ps 90:5–6

Cross references

  1. aJob 12:21; Ps 107:40; Is 34:12
  2. bIs 5:21; Jer 25:18–27
  3. aIs 17:13; 41:16

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

who brings princes to nothing,

and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness.

Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown,

scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth,

when he blows on them, and they wither,

and the tempest carries them off like stubble.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He brings princes to naught

and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.

No sooner are they planted,

no sooner are they sown,

no sooner do they take root in the ground,

than he blows on them and they wither,

and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He reduces princes to nothing

and makes judges of the earth like a wasteland.

They are barely planted, barely sown,

their stem hardly takes root in the ground

when he blows on them and they wither,

and a whirlwind carries them away like stubble.

NLTNew Living Translation

He judges the great people of the world

and brings them all to nothing.

They hardly get started, barely taking root,

when he blows on them and they wither.

The wind carries them off like chaff.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

the one who brings princes to nothing;

he makes rulers of the earth like nothing.

Indeed, hardly are they planted; indeed, hardly are they sown;

indeed, hardly has their shoot taken root in the earth

when he blows on them and they wither,

and the tempest carries them like stubble.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.