Isaiah 40:23 Go deeper

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

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הַנּוֹתֵ֥ןha.no.Tenthe [one who] appoints

Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414I

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to give: make

Used 128 times. Also: Genesis 9:12, Genesis 17:2, Genesis 17:5, Genesis 17:6, Genesis 17:20, Genesis 42:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5414I; TAHOT Isaiah 40:23 word 1

רוֹזְנִ֖יםroz.Nimrulers

Lemma: רָזַן (ra.zan) · Strong's: H7336

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)

Meaning: to rule

Used 6 times. Also: Judges 5:3, Psalms 2:2, Proverbs 8:15, Proverbs 31:4, Habakkuk 1:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7336; TAHOT Isaiah 40:23 word 2

לְאָ֑יִןle.'A.yinto nothing

Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: nothing

Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Isaiah 40:23 word 3

שֹׁ֥פְטֵיSho.fe.teijudges of

Lemma: שָׁפַט (sha.phat) · Strong's: H8199

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)

Meaning: to judge

Used 201 times. Also: Genesis 16:5, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 31:53, Exodus 2:14, Exodus 5:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8199; TAHOT Isaiah 40:23 word 4

אֶ֖רֶץ'E.retz[the] earth

Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: land: country/planet

Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Isaiah 40:23 word 5

כַּתֹּ֥הוּka.To.hulike <the> nothingness

Lemma: תֹּ֫הוּ (to.hu) · Strong's: H8414

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: formlessness

Used 20 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Deuteronomy 32:10, 1 Samuel 12:21, Job 6:18, Job 12:24, Job 26:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8414; TAHOT Isaiah 40:23 word 6

עָשָֽׂה\׃'a.Sahhe makes

Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)

Meaning: to make

Used 736 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6213H; TAHOT Isaiah 40:23 word 7

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

He brings	→	נָתַן H5414I to give: make
the princes	→	רָזַן H7336 to rule
to nothing	→	אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing
and makes	→	עָשָׂה H6213H to make
the rulers	→	שָׁפַט H8199 to judge
of the earth	→	אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet
meaningless	→	תֹּ֫הוּ H8414 formlessness

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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