22 (A)Sever[a] yourselves from such a man,
Whose (B)breath is in his nostrils;
For [b]of what account is he?

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  1. Isaiah 2:22 Lit. Cease yourselves from the man
  2. Isaiah 2:22 Lit. in what is he to be esteemed

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

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Thus says the Lord:

(A)“Cursed is the man who trusts in man
And makes (B)flesh his [a]strength,
Whose heart departs from the Lord.

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  1. Jeremiah 17:5 Lit. arm

This is what the Lord says:

“Cursed is the one who trusts in man,(A)
    who draws strength from mere flesh
    and whose heart turns away from the Lord.(B)

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(A)Do not put your trust in princes,
Nor in [a]a son of man, in whom there is no [b]help.

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  1. Psalm 146:3 A human being
  2. Psalm 146:3 salvation

Do not put your trust in princes,(A)
    in human beings,(B) who cannot save.

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14 whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? (A)It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.

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14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.(A)

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(A)Lord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him?
Or the son of man, that You are mindful of him?
(B)Man is like a breath;
(C)His days are like a passing shadow.

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Lord, what are human beings(A) that you care for them,
    mere mortals that you think of them?
They are like a breath;(B)
    their days are like a fleeting shadow.(C)

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(A)What is man that You are mindful of him,
And the son of man that You (B)visit[a] him?

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  1. Psalm 8:4 give attention to or care for

what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
    human beings that you care for them?[a](A)

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  1. Psalm 8:4 Or what is a human being that you are mindful of him, / a son of man that you care for him?

15 Behold, the nations are as a drop in a bucket,
And are counted as the small dust on the scales;
Look, He lifts up the isles as a very little thing.

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15 Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket;
    they are regarded as dust on the scales;(A)
    he weighs the islands as though they were fine dust.(B)

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(A)Surely men of low degree are [a]a vapor,
Men of high degree are a lie;
If they are weighed on the scales,
They are altogether lighter than vapor.

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  1. Psalm 62:9 vanity

Surely the lowborn(A) are but a breath,(B)
    the highborn are but a lie.
If weighed on a balance,(C) they are nothing;
    together they are only a breath.

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22 All in (A)whose nostrils was the breath [a]of the spirit of life, all that was on the dry land, died.

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  1. Genesis 7:22 LXX, Vg. omit of the spirit

22 Everything on dry land that had the breath of life(A) in its nostrils died.

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And the Lord God formed man of the (A)dust of the ground, and (B)breathed into his (C)nostrils the breath of life; and (D)man became a living being.

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Then the Lord God formed(A) a man[a](B) from the dust(C) of the ground(D) and breathed into his nostrils the breath(E) of life,(F) and the man became a living being.(G)

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  1. Genesis 2:7 The Hebrew for man (adam) sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for ground (adamah); it is also the name Adam (see verse 20).

As long as my breath is in me,
And the breath of God in my nostrils,

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as long as I have life within me,
    the breath of God(A) in my nostrils,

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15 So that my soul chooses strangling
And death rather than [a]my body.
16 (A)I loathe my life;
I would not live forever.
(B)Let me alone,
For (C)my days are but [b]a breath.

17 “What(D) is man, that You should exalt him,
That You should set Your heart on him,
18 That You should [c]visit him every morning,
And test him every moment?
19 How long?
Will You not look away from me,
And let me alone till I swallow my saliva?
20 Have I sinned?
What have I done to You, (E)O watcher of men?
Why (F)have You set me as Your target,
So that I am a burden [d]to myself?
21 Why then do You not pardon my transgression,
And take away my iniquity?
For now I will lie down in the dust,
And You will seek me diligently,
But I will no longer be.

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  1. Job 7:15 Lit. my bones
  2. Job 7:16 Without substance, futile
  3. Job 7:18 attend to
  4. Job 7:20 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX, Jewish tradition to You

15 so that I prefer strangling and death,(A)
    rather than this body of mine.(B)
16 I despise my life;(C) I would not live forever.(D)
    Let me alone;(E) my days have no meaning.(F)

17 “What is mankind that you make so much of them,
    that you give them so much attention,(G)
18 that you examine them every morning(H)
    and test them(I) every moment?(J)
19 Will you never look away from me,(K)
    or let me alone even for an instant?(L)
20 If I have sinned, what have I done to you,(M)
    you who see everything we do?
Why have you made me your target?(N)
    Have I become a burden to you?[a](O)
21 Why do you not pardon my offenses
    and forgive my sins?(P)
For I will soon lie down in the dust;(Q)
    you will search for me, but I will be no more.”(R)

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  1. Job 7:20 A few manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition and Septuagint; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text I have become a burden to myself.