Parallel Verses
Amplified
Stop regarding man, whose breath [of life] is in his nostrils [for so little time];
For why should he be esteemed?
New American Standard Bible
For
King James Version
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Holman Bible
who has only the breath in his nostrils.
What is he really worth?
International Standard Version
"Stop trusting in human beings, whose life breath is in their nostrils, for what are they really worth?"
A Conservative Version
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for how is he to be accounted of?
American Standard Version
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Bible in Basic English
Have no more to do with man, whose life is only a breath, for he is of no value.
Darby Translation
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for what account is to be made of him?
Julia Smith Translation
Cease to you from man of whom the breath is in his nose: for in what was he reckoned?
King James 2000
Turn away from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for of what account is he?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Turn away from humanity, who [has] breath in its nostrils, for by what [is] it esteemed?
Modern King James verseion
Cease from man, whose breath is in his nostril; for in what is he to be esteemed?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Fear not, then, any man whose breath is in his nostrils - for what is he?
NET Bible
Stop trusting in human beings, whose life's breath is in their nostrils. For why should they be given special consideration?
New Heart English Bible
Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?
The Emphasized Bible
Cease ye from the son of earth, In whose nostrils is but a breath, - For wherein to be reckoned upon, is he?
Webster
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
World English Bible
Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?
Youngs Literal Translation
Cease for you from man, Whose breath is in his nostrils, For -- in what is he esteemed?
Themes
Man » Extremity of examples of » Frailty of
Man » Redemption of » Trust in
Interlinear
References
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 2:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Day Of The Lord's Judgment
21
To 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?
Names
Cross References
Psalm 146:3
Do not trust in princes,
In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation (help).
Psalm 8:4
What is man that You are mindful of him,
And the son of [earthborn] man that You care for him?
Psalm 144:3-4
Lord, what is man that You take notice of him?
Or the son of man that You think of him?
Jeremiah 17:5
Thus 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.
Job 27:3
As long as my life is within me,
And the breath of God is [still] in my nostrils,
James 4:14
Genesis 2:7
then the Lord God
Genesis 7:22
Everything on the dry land, all in whose nostrils was the breath and spirit of life, died.
Job 7:15-21
So that I would choose suffocation,
Death rather than my
Psalm 62:9
Men 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.
Isaiah 40:15
In fact, the nations are like a drop from a bucket,
And are regarded as a speck of dust on the scales;
Now look, He lifts up the islands like fine dust.