Isaiah 2:22

22 Stop trusting in mere humans, who have but a breath in their nostrils. Why hold them in esteem?

Isaiah 2:22 in Other Translations

KJV
22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
ESV
22 Stop regarding man in whose nostrils is breath, for of what account is he?
NLT
22 Don’t put your trust in mere humans. They are as frail as breath. What good are they?
MSG
22 Quit scraping and fawning over mere humans, so full of themselves, so full of hot air! Can't you see there's nothing to them?
CSB
22 Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. What is he really worth?

Isaiah 2:22 In-Context

20 In that day people will throw away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and idols of gold, which they made to worship.
21 They will flee to caverns in the rocks and to the overhanging crags from the fearful presence of the LORDand the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to shake the earth.
22 Stop trusting in mere humans, who have but a breath in their nostrils. Why hold them in esteem?

Cross References 3

  • 1. Psalms 118:6,8; Psalms 146:3; Isaiah 51:12; Jeremiah 17:5
  • 2. S Genesis 2:7; S Psalms 144:4
  • 3. S Job 12:19; Psalms 8:4; Psalms 18:42; Psalms 144:3; Isaiah 17:13; Isaiah 29:5; Isaiah 40:15; S James 4:14
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