and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are,

神也拣选了世上卑贱的，被人厌恶的，以及那无有的，为要废掉那有的，

上帝也拣选了世上卑贱的，被人厌恶的，以及那一无所有的，为要废掉那样样都有的，

神也拣选了世上卑贱的，被人厌恶的，以及那一无所有的，为要废掉那样样都有的，

上帝拣选了世上卑贱的、被藐视的和无足轻重的，要使世人看为举足轻重的变得无足轻重。

他也拣选了世上卑贱的和被人轻视的，以及算不得什么的，为了要废弃那些自以为是的，

神也拣选了世上出身低微的、被人藐视的，就是那些不是什么的，为了要废除那些是个什么的，

神也揀選了世上卑賤的，被人厭惡的，以及那無有的，為要廢掉那有的，

上帝也揀選了世上卑賤的，被人厭惡的，以及那一無所有的，為要廢掉那樣樣都有的，

神也揀選了世上卑賤的，被人厭惡的，以及那一無所有的，為要廢掉那樣樣都有的，

上帝揀選了世上卑賤的、被藐視的和無足輕重的，要使世人看為舉足輕重的變得無足輕重。

他也揀選了世上卑賤的和被人輕視的，以及算不得甚麼的，為了要廢棄那些自以為是的，

上帝也揀選了世界上寒微的、被藐視的、無有的，要廢掉那些有的，

神也揀選了世上出身低微的、被人藐視的，就是那些不是什麼的，為了要廢除那些是個什麼的，

且選世之卑賤者、輕忽者、與夫無者以廢有者、

且選世之不貴者、見棄者、人視為無有者、以廢世之有者、

天主又選世之卑賤者、被藐視者、人所視為無有者、以廢世之有者、

世俗所認為卑卑不足道而視若無物者、天主則簡拔之、以毀滅有名無實之徒；

God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things— and the things that are not— to nullify the things that are,

God chose the things of this world that are common and looked down on. God chose things considered unimportant to do away with things considered important.

God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are,

God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important.

God has chosen what is insignificant and despised in the world— what is viewed as nothing— to bring to nothing what is viewed as something,

and the insignificant things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may nullify the things that are,

and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, yea and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are:

God has chosen what is insignificant and despised in the world— what is viewed as nothing— to bring to nothing what is viewed as something,

And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen,[ yea], and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:

God chose what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something,

God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that don’t exist, that he might bring to nothing the things that exist,

He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry, And sets others in their place.

( as it is written,“ I have made you a father of many nations”) in the presence of Him whom he believed— God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did;

The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, And the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; The Lord alone will be exalted in that day,

Yet He is not partial to princes, Nor does He regard the rich more than the poor; For they are all the work of His hands.In a moment they die, in the middle of the night; The people are shaken and pass away; The mighty are taken away without a hand.

The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, The haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, And the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

You shall seek them and not find them— Those who contended with you. Those who war against you Shall be as nothing, As a nonexistent thing.

I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a native green tree.Yet he passed away, and behold, he was no more; Indeed I sought him, but he could not be found.

The nations will rush like the rushing of many waters; But God will rebuke them and they will flee far away, And be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, Like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.Then behold, at eventide, trouble! And before the morning, he is no more. This is the portion of those who plunder us, And the lot of those who rob us.

However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

For in one hour such great riches came to nothing.’ Every shipmaster, all who travel by ship, sailors, and as many as trade on the sea, stood at a distance

You watched while a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.Inasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold— the great God has made known to the king what will come to pass after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation is sure.”

Then the angel of the Lord went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses— all dead.

And it shall be, that just as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good and multiply you, so the Lord will rejoice over you to destroy you and bring you to nothing; and you shall be plucked from off the land which you go to possess.

Many sorrows shall be to the wicked; But he who trusts in the Lord, mercy shall surround him.

I have become a fool in boasting; you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you; for in nothing was I behind the most eminent apostles, though I am nothing.