Verse Comparison: Isaiah 2:22
American Standard Version
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Amplified® Bible
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?
Contemporary English Version
Stop trusting the power of humans. They are all going to die, so how can they help?
Darby English Version
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for what account is to be made of him?
Good News Bible
Put no more confidence in mortals. What are they worth?
King James Version
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of ?
New American Standard Bible
Stop regarding man, whose breath {of life} is in his nostrils; For why should he be esteemed?
New International Version
Stop trusting in man,
who has but a breath in his nostrils.
Of what account is he?
New King James Version
Sever yourselves from such a man,
Whose breath is in his nostrils;
For of what account is he?
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Stop regarding man, whose breath of life remains in his nostrils; For why should we esteem him?
Revised Standard Version
Turn away from man
in whose nostrils is breath,
for of what account is he?
Young's Literal Translation
Cease for you from man, Whose breath `is' in his nostrils, For -- in what is he esteemed?
