Isaiah 2:22

Cease for you from man, Whose breath [is] in his nostrils, For — in what is he esteemed?

Young's Literal Translation

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

21To enter into cavities of the rocks, And into clefts of the high places, Because of the fear of Jehovah, And because of the honour of His excellency, In His rising to terrify the earth.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:7And Jehovah God formeth the man — dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.

Job 7:15And my soul chooseth strangling, Death rather than my bones.

Psalms 8:4What [is] man that Thou rememberest him? The son of man that Thou inspectest him?

Psalms 144:3Jehovah, what [is] man that Thou knowest him? Son of man, that Thou esteemest him?

Isaiah 40:15Lo, nations as a drop from a bucket, And as small dust of the balance, have been reckoned, Lo, isles as a small thing He taketh up.

James 4:14who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;

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 →

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