Isaiah 2:22

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 cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold— the idols they made to worship. 21They will flee to caverns in the rocks and crevices in the cliffs, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth. Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?

Isaiah 2:22 word by word

חִדְל֤וּ לָכֶם֙ מִן־הָ֣אָדָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר נְשָׁמָ֖ה בְּאַפּ֑וֹ כִּֽי־בַמֶּ֥ה נֶחְשָׁ֖ב הֽוּא׃ פRead the interlinear

• Put no more trustחָדַלchâdal · to ceaseH2308
• inמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• whoאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• has only the breathנְשָׁמָהneshâmâh · breathH5397
• in his nostrilsאַף'aph · face: noseH639
• in his nostrilsכִּיkîy · forH3588
• Of whatמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• accountחָשַׁבchâshab · to devise: thinkH2803
• is heהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931

Cross-references for Isaiah 2:22

• Psalms 62:9Lowborn men are but a vapor; the exalted are but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
• Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
• Jeremiah 17:5This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
• Genesis 2:7Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
• Genesis 7:22Of all that was on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.
• Job 27:3as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
• Job 7:15so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.
• Psalms 8:4what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
• Psalms 144:3O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, 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

Topics related to Isaiah 2:22

• Confidence
• False Confidence
• Idolatry
• Life

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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