Isaiah 2:22 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²² Turn away from man in whose nostrils is breath, for of what account is he?

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² Cease to trust in [weak, frail, and dying] man, whose breath is in his nostrils [for so short a time]; in what sense can he be counted as having intrinsic worth?

American Standard Version (1901)

²² Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for wherein is he to be accounted of?

Common English Bible

²² Quit admiring the human race, who breathe through their nostrils. Why should they be admired?

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² Therefore, rest away from man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for he considers himself to be exalted.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²² Cease ye therefore from the man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for he is reputed high.

Isaiah 2:22 Cross References

Genesis 2:7

then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

Genesis 7:22

everything on the dry land in whose nostrils was the breath of life died.

Job 27:3

as long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

Psalm 146:3

Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no help.

Psalm 62:9

Men of low estate are but a breath, men of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.

Psalm 8:4

what is man that thou art mindful of him, and the son of man that thou dost care for him?

Isaiah 40:15

Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, and are accounted as the dust on the scales; behold, he takes up the isles like fine dust.

Isaiah 40:17

All the nations are as nothing before him, they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.

Isaiah 51:12

“I, I am he that comforts you; who are you that you are afraid of man who dies, of the son of man who is made like grass,

Jeremiah 17:5

Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his arm, whose heart turns away from the Lord.

Malachi 3:15

Henceforth we deem the arrogant blessed; evildoers not only prosper but when they put God to the test they escape.’ ”

James 4:14

whereas you do not know about tomorrow. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.