Isaiah 2:22 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Stop trusting people. Their life is in their nostrils. How can they be worth anything?(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of ?

ASV:

Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for wherein is he to be accounted of?

BBE:

Have no more to do with man, whose life is only a breath, for he is of no value.

DBY:

Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for what account is to be made of him?

ERV:

Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

JPS:

Cease ye from man, in whose nostrils is a breath; for how little is he to be accounted!

WBS:

Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

WEB:

Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?

YLT:

Cease for you from man, Whose breath is in his nostrils, For -- in what is he esteemed?

Isaiah 2:22 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 8:4 What is man that You take thought of him, And the son of man that You care for him?

Psalm 144:3 O LORD, what is man, that You take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that You think of him?

Psalm 144:4 Man is like a mere breath; His days are like a passing shadow.

Psalm 146:3 Do not trust in princes, In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation.

Isaiah 40:15 Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, And are regarded as a speck of dust on the scales; Behold, He lifts up the islands like fine dust.

Isaiah 40:17 All the nations are as nothing before Him, They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and meaningless.

Jeremiah 17:5 Thus says the LORD, "Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind And makes flesh his strength, And whose heart turns away from the LORD.

James 4:14 Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

2:22 Cease ye from man, whose {y} breath [is] in his nostrils: for why is he to be esteemed?
(y) Cast off your vain confidence in man, whose life is so frail that if his nose is stopped he is dead and consider that you are dealing with God.

WES:

2:22 Cease ye - Never admire or place your trust in man. Breath - Whose breath is quickly stopped and taken away. Wherein - What excellency is in him, considered in himself, and without dependence on God?

MHC:

2:10-22 The taking of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans seems first meant here, when idolatry among the Jews was done away; but our thoughts are led forward to the destruction of all the enemies of Christ. It is folly for those who are pursued by the wrath of God, to think to hide or shelter themselves from it. The shaking of the earth will be terrible to those who set their affections on things of the earth. Men's haughtiness will be brought down, either by the grace of God convincing them of the evil of pride, or by the providence of God depriving them of all the things they were proud of. The day of the Lord shall be upon those things in which they put their confidence. Those who will not be reasoned out of their sins, sooner or later shall be frightened out of them. Covetous men make money their god; but the time will come when they will feel it as much their burden. This whole passage may be applied to the case of an awakened sinner, ready to leave all that his soul may be saved. The Jews were prone to rely on their heathen neighbours; but they are here called upon to cease from depending on mortal man. We are all prone to the same sin. Then let not man be your fear, let not him be your hope; but let your hope be in the Lord your God. Let us make this our great concern.

CONC:

Account Accounted Breath Cease Esteemed Nostrils Regarding Stop Trusting Turn Value Wherein

Account Accounted Breath Cease Esteemed Little Nostrils Regarding Stop Trusting Turn Value Wherein

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