Isaiah 2:22
“Cease ye from man whose breath is in his nostrels: for wherein is hee to be accounted of?”
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Isaiah 2:22 Context
20In that day a man shall cast his idoles of siluer, and his idoles of golde which they made each one for himselfe to worship, to the moules and to the battes: 21To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rockes, for feare of the Lord, and for the glorie of his Maiestie; when hee ariseth to shake terribly the earth. 22Cease ye from man whose breath is in his nostrels: for wherein is hee to be accounted of?
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Other Translations for Isaiah 2:22
Cease ye from man, whose breath [is] in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
- King James Version
Stop regarding man, whose breath {of life} is in his nostrils; For why should he be esteemed?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for wherein is he to be accounted of?
- American Standard Version (1901)
Have no more to do with man, whose life is only a breath, for he is of no value.
- Basic English Bible
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for what account is to be made of him?
- Darby Bible
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
- Webster's Bible
Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?
- World English Bible
Cease for you from man, Whose breath [is] in his nostrils, For -- in what is he esteemed?
- Youngs Literal Bible
Cease ye from man, in whose nostrils is a breath; for how little is he to be accounted!
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Isaiah 2:22
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?