Catholic Public Domain Version
"He has brought those who examine what is secret to nothingness. He has brought the judges of the earth to emptiness. "
— Isaiah 40:23, Catholic Public Domain Version
“That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.”
“that bringeth princes to nothing; that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. ”
“who brings princes to nothing; who makes the judges of the earth like meaningless.”
“He is the one who reduces rulers to nothing; he makes the earth’s leaders insignificant.”
“He that bringeth the searchers of secrets to nothing, that hath made the judges of the earth as vanity.”
“He makes rulers come to nothing; the judges of the earth are of no value.”
“That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.”
He has chosen strong wood that will not decay. The skillful artisan seeks a way to set up an idol that cannot be moved.
Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been announced to you from the beginning? Have you not understood the foundations of the earth?
He is the One who sits upon the globe of the earth, and its inhabitants are like locusts. He extends the heavens as if they were nothing, and he spreads them out like a tent, in which to dwell.
He has brought those who examine what is secret to nothingness. He has brought the judges of the earth to emptiness.
And certainly, their stalk was neither planted, nor sown, nor rooted in the ground. He has suddenly blown across them, and they have withered, and a whirlwind will carry them away like chaff.
“And to whom would you compare me or equate me?” says the Holy One.
Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these things. He leads forth their army by number, and he calls them all by name. Because of the fullness of his strength and robustness and virtue, not one of them was left behind.