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Isaiah 40:23

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That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
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  1. Job 12:21Rank 1 from verse 23
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    21He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.

  2. Psalms 107:40Rank 2 from verse 23
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    40He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.

  3. Isaiah 34:12Rank 3 from verse 23
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    12They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.

  4. Jeremiah 25:18–27Rank 4 from verse 23
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    18To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;

    19Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;

    20And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,

    21Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,

    22And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea,

    23Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,

    24And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert,

    25And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,

    26And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.

    27Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.

  5. Isaiah 19:13–14Rank 5 from verse 23
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    13The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.

    14The Lord hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.

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Isaiah 40:23

COMBINED MEANING

maketh

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Third-person singular present form of make (to form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition).

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earth

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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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vanity

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Emptiness, futility, worthlessness, falsehood, unreliability, or transience.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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22It 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:

23That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

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24Yea, 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.

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