Isaiah 2:22
Don't bother trusting human beings who only live for a while. How much do they count?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 2:7The Lord God shaped the man Adam from the dust of the ground. He breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and Adam became a living being.
Job 7:15that I would rather be strangled—I would rather die than become just a bag of bones.
Psalms 8:4What are human beings that you should concern yourself with them? What are people that you should care for them?
Psalms 144:3Lord, what are human beings that you should care about them? What are people that you should concern yourself with them?
Isaiah 40:15It's obvious that the nations are just a drop in a bucket. They're like dust on a set of scales. He can pick up islands as if they weigh next to nothing.
James 4:14You have no idea what will happen tomorrow! What's your life like? It's just a mist that appears for a little while, and then is gone.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 2:11-22
The Doom of Idolaters. ( b. c. 758.) 10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord , and for the glory of his majesty. 11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. 12 For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: 13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all… Read the whole commentary →