God also chose what the world regards as insignificant and despised, indeed things that worldly people consider nonexistent, in order to nullify and set aside the things that the world considers important.
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:
He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,
DRAAnd the base things of the world, and the things that are contemptible, hath God chosen, and things that are not, that he might bring to nought things that are:
EMTVAnd the lowly things of the world, and the despised things God has chosen, and the things which are not, in order that He might nullify the things that are,
FBVHe chose the things that are unimportant and despised by the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing the things that are,
GNVAnd vile things of the worlde and thinges which are despised, hath God chosen, and thinges which are not, to bring to nought thinges that are,
LSVand God chose the base things of the world, and the things despised, and the things that are not, that He may make useless the things that are—
God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are,
NMVAnd base things of the world, and things which are despised, has God-The Father chosen, [yes], and things which are not, to bring to nothing things that are:
OJBAnd those of the Olam Hazeh without mishpochah atzilah (noble birth) and those which are hanivzim (the despised) Hashem chose, choosing the things that are not, in order to bring to naught the things that are.
TCENTGod chose what is lowly and despised in the world, things that are regarded as nothing, to nullify the things that are regarded as something,
T4TIt was usually those who are despised and considered {whom unbelievers despise and consider} worthless whom God chose, in order to make completely ineffective what unbelievers consider to be important.
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,