Isaiah Chapter 2 verse 22 Holy Bible
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for wherein is he to be accounted of?
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Have no more to do with man, whose life is only a breath, for he is of no value.
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Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for what account is to be made of him?
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Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of ?
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Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; For of what account is he?
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Cease for you from man, Whose breath `is' in his nostrils, For -- in what is he esteemed?
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 22. - Cease ye from man. This verse is regarded by many as a late marginal note, which has accidentally crept into the text (Diestel, Studer, Cheyne). It is omitted in the Septuagint, and interrupts the sequence of Isaiah 3. on Isaiah 2. somewhat awkwardly. If retained, it must be regarded as an appeal to Israel on the part of the prophet to give up their trust in man, whence had flowed all their other errors. Whose breath is in his nostrils; i.e. "whose life is a mere breath; who, if he ceases to breathe, ceases to live." For wherein is he to be accounted of? or, for of what account is he? Surely, of no account at all.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(22) Cease ye from man . . .--The verse is wanting in some MSS. of the LXX. version, and is rejected by some critics, as of the nature of a marginal comment, and as not in harmony with the context. The first fact is the most weighty argument against it, but is not decisive. The other objection does not count for much. To "cease from man" as well as from "idols" is surely the natural close of the great discourse which had begun with proclaiming that men of all classes and conditions should be brought low. The words "whose breath is in his nostrils" emphasise the frailty of human life (Genesis 2:7; Genesis 7:22; Psalm 146:3-4). Looking to that frailty, the prophet asks, as the psalmist had asked, "What is man? (Psalm 8:1). What is he to be valued at?" If it could be proved that the verse was not Isaiah's, it is at least the reflection of a devout mind in harmony with his.
