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Isaiah 2:22
22Stop regarding man, whose breath [of life] is in his nostrils [for so little time]; For why should he be esteemed?
Isaiah 2:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
- New International Version (NIV)Stop trusting in mere humans, who have but a breath in their nostrils. Why hold them in esteem?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Stop regarding man in whose nostrils is breath, for of what account is he?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Sever yourselves from such a man, Whose breath is in his nostrils; For of what account is he?
Context of Isaiah 2:22
20In that day men will throw away to the moles and to the bats Their idols of silver and their idols of gold, Which they made for themselves [as objects] to worship, 21To go into the caverns of the rocks and into the clefts of the [ragged] cliffs [as they flee] From the terror and dread of the Lord and the splendor of His majesty, When He arises to terrify the earth. Stop regarding man, whose breath [of life] is in his nostrils [for so little time]; For why should he be esteemed?
Read all of Isaiah 2Isaiah 2:22 word by word
חִדְל֤וּ לָכֶם֙ מִן־הָ֣אָדָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר נְשָׁמָ֖ה בְּאַפּ֑וֹ כִּֽי־בַמֶּ֥ה נֶחְשָׁ֖ב הֽוּא׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 2:22
- Psalms 62:9Men of low degree are only a breath (emptiness), and men of [high] rank are a lie (delusion). In the balances they go up [because they have no measurable weight or value]; They are together lighter than a breath.
- Psalms 146:3Do not trust in princes, In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation (help).
- Jeremiah 17:5Thus says the Lord, “Cursed is the man who trusts in and relies on mankind, Making [weak, faulty human] flesh his strength, And whose mind and heart turn away from the Lord.
- Genesis 2:7then the Lord God formed [that is, created the body of] man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being [an individual complete in body and spirit].
- Genesis 7:22Everything on the dry land, all in whose nostrils was the breath and spirit of life, died.
- Job 27:3As long as my life is within me, And the breath of God is [still] in my nostrils,
- Job 7:15So that I would choose suffocation, Death rather than my pain.
- Psalms 8:4What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of [earthborn] man that You care for him?
- Psalms 144:3Lord, what is man that You take notice of him? Or the son of man that You think of him?
Commentaries on Isaiah 2:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Cease ye from man - Trust neither in him, nor in the gods that he has invented. Neither he, nor they, can either save or destroy.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Cease ye from man - That is, cease to confide in or trust in him. The prophet had just said Isaiah 2:11, Isaiah 2:17 that the proud and lofty people would be brought low; that is, the kings, princes, and nobles would be humbled. They in whom the people had been accustomed to confide should show their insufficiency to afford protection. And he calls on the people to cease to put their reliance on any of the devices and refuges of men, implying that trust…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-22Verses 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22The prophecy of judgment in Isaiah 2:6–21 between two related calls to action. First, the people are urged to trust the Lord (Isaiah 2:5). Then they are warned not to trust in human beings (Isaiah 2:22). Human strength does not last. It is weak and short-lived, like a person’s breath (see Psalm 90).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. The high ones (Is 2:11, 13) on whom the people trust, shall be "brought low" (Is 3:2); therefore "cease from" depending on them, instead of on the Lord (Psa 146:3-5).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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