Verse Comparison: Isaiah 40:23
American Standard Version
that bringeth princes to nothing; that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Amplified® Bible
Who brings dignitaries to nothing, Who makes the judges {and} rulers of the earth as chaos (emptiness, falsity, and futility).
Contemporary English Version
God brings down rulers and turns them into nothing.
Darby English Version
that bringeth the princes to nothing, that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Good News Bible
He brings down powerful rulers and reduces them to nothing.
King James Version
That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
New American Standard Bible
He {it is} who reduces rulers to nothing, Who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.
New International Version
He brings princes to naught
and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.
New King James Version
He brings the princes to nothing;
He makes the judges of the earth useless.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
He reduces rulers to nothing, Who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.
Revised Standard Version
who brings princes to nought, and makes the rulers of the earth as nothing.
Young's Literal Translation
He who is making princes become nothing, Judges of earth as emptiness hath made;