Christian Standard Bible
Isaiah 2:22
22Put no more trust in a mere human, who has only the breath in his nostrils. What is he really worth?
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
20On that day people will throw their worthless idols of silver and gold, which they made to worship, to the moles and the bats. 21They will go into the caves of the rocks and the crevices in the cliffs, away from the terror of the Lord and from his majestic splendor, when he rises to terrify the earth. Put no more trust in a mere human, who has only the breath in his nostrils. What is he really worth?
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 62:9Common people are only a vapor; important people, an illusion. Together on a scale, they weigh less than a vapor.
- Psalms 146:3Do not trust in nobles, in a son of man, who cannot save.
- Jeremiah 17:5This is what the Lord says: Cursed is the person who trusts in mankind. He makes human flesh his strength, and his heart turns from the Lord.
- Genesis 2:7Then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
- Genesis 7:22Everything with the breath of the spirit of life in its nostrils — everything on dry land died.
- Job 27:3as long as my breath is still in me and the breath from God remains in my nostrils,
- Job 7:15so that I prefer strangling — death rather than life in this body.
- Psalms 8:4what is a human being that you remember him, a son of man that you look after him?
- Psalms 144:3Lord, what is a human that you care for him, a 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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