Isaiah 40:23-24

New International Version

²³He brings princes^(A) to naught
    and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.^(B)
²⁴No sooner are they planted,
    no sooner are they sown,
    no sooner do they take root^(C) in the ground,
than he blows^(D) on them and they wither,^(E)
    and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.^(F)

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Isaiah 40:23-24

King James Version

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

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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Isaiah 40:23-24

New King James Version

²³He ^[a]brings the ^(A)princes to nothing;
He makes the judges of the earth useless.

²⁴Scarcely shall they be planted,
Scarcely shall they be sown,
Scarcely shall their stock take root in the earth,
When He will also blow on them,
And they will wither,
And the whirlwind will take them away like stubble.

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