Isaiah 2:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Have no more to do with man, whose life is only a breath, for he is of no value.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 146:3 : 3 Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
  • Jer 17:5 : 5 This is what the Lord has said: Cursed is the man who puts his faith in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart is turned away from the Lord.
  • Ps 144:3-4 : 3 Lord, what is man, that you keep him in mind? or the son of man that you take him into account? 4 Man is like a breath: his life is like a shade which is quickly gone.
  • Ps 8:4 : 4 What is man, that you keep him in mind? the son of man, that you take him into account?
  • Jas 4:14 : 14 When you are not certain what will take place tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist, which is seen for a little time and then is gone.
  • Job 27:3 : 3 (For all my breath is still in me, and the spirit of God is my life;)
  • Isa 40:15 : 15 See, the nations are to him like a drop hanging from a bucket, and like the small dust in the scales: he takes up the islands like small dust.
  • Ps 62:9 : 9 Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.
  • Gen 2:7 : 7 And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth, breathing into him the breath of life: and man became a living soul.
  • Gen 7:22 : 22 Everything on the dry land, in which was the breath of life, came to its end.
  • Job 7:15-21 : 15 So that a hard death seems better to my soul than my pains. 16 I have no desire for life, I would not be living for ever! Keep away from me, for my days are as a breath. 17 What is man, that you have made him great, and that your attention is fixed on him, 18 And that your hand is on him every morning, and that you are testing him every minute? 19 How long will it be before your eyes are turned away from me, so that I may have a minute's breathing-space? 20 If I have done wrong, what have I done to you, O keeper of men? why have you made me a mark for your blows, so that I am a weariness to myself? 21 And why do you not take away my sin, and let my wrongdoing be ended? for now I go down to the dust, and you will be searching for me with care, but I will be gone.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 146:3-4
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    3 Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

    4 Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.

  • Job 7:17
    76%

    17 What is man, that you have made him great, and that your attention is fixed on him,

  • Ps 144:3-4
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    75%

    3 Lord, what is man, that you keep him in mind? or the son of man that you take him into account?

    4 Man is like a breath: his life is like a shade which is quickly gone.

  • Job 34:14-15
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    74%

    14 If he made his spirit come back to him, taking his breath into himself again,

    15 All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust.

  • Job 14:10
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    10 But man comes to his death and is gone: he gives up his spirit, and where is he?

  • Isa 2:21
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    21 To take cover in the cracks of the rocks, and in the holes of the hills, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.

  • Isa 2:10-11
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    10 Go into a hole in the rock, covering yourselves with dust, in fear of the Lord, before the glory of his power.

    11 The high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low, and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.

  • Ps 49:12
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    12 But man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.

  • Ps 39:5-6
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    72%

    5 You have made my days no longer than a hand's measure; and my years are nothing in your eyes; truly, every man is but a breath. (Selah.)

    6 Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.

  • Job 12:10
    72%

    10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all flesh of man.

  • Job 25:6
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    6 How much less man who is an insect, and the son of man who is a worm!

  • Ps 62:9
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    9 Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.

  • Job 14:2-3
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    71%

    2 He comes out like a flower, and is cut down: he goes in flight like a shade, and is never seen again.

    3 Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?

  • Jer 17:5
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    5 This is what the Lord has said: Cursed is the man who puts his faith in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart is turned away from the Lord.

  • Job 18:3
    71%

    3 Why do we seem as beasts in your eyes, and as completely without knowledge?

  • Ps 104:29
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    29 If your face is veiled, they are troubled; when you take away their breath, they come to an end, and go back to the dust.

  • Job 15:13-14
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    13 So that you are turning your spirit against God, and letting such words go out of your mouth?

    14 What is man, that he may be clean? and how may the son of woman be upright?

  • Ps 103:15
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    15 As for man, his days are as grass: his beautiful growth is like the flower of the field.

  • Isa 40:7
    70%

    7 The grass becomes dry, the flower is dead; because the breath of the Lord goes over it: truly the people is grass.

  • Job 4:17
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    17 May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?

  • Eccl 6:11
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    11 There are words without number for increasing what is to no purpose, but what is man profited by them?

  • Prov 29:25
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    25 The fear of man is a cause of danger: but whoever puts his faith in the Lord will have a safe place on high.

  • Isa 30:28
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    28 And his breath is as an overflowing stream, coming up even to the neck, shaking the nations for their destruction, like the shaking of grain in a basket: and he will put a cord in the mouths of the people, turning them out of their way.

  • Isa 51:12
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    12 I, even I, am your comforter: are you so poor in heart as to be in fear of man who will come to an end, and of the son of man who will be like grass?

  • 1 Sam 2:3
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    3 Say no more words of pride; let not uncontrolled sayings come out of your mouths: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, by him acts are judged.

  • Isa 40:18
    70%

    18 Whom then is God like, in your opinion? or what will you put forward as a comparison with him?

  • Ps 89:47-48
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    47 See how short my time is; why have you made all men for no purpose?

    48 What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah.)

  • Jas 4:14
    70%

    14 When you are not certain what will take place tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist, which is seen for a little time and then is gone.

  • Ps 39:11
    70%

    11 By the weight of your wrath against man's sin, the glory of his form is wasted away; truly every man is but a breath. (Selah.)

  • Job 27:3
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    3 (For all my breath is still in me, and the spirit of God is my life;)

  • Ps 135:17
    70%

    17 They have ears, but no hearing; and there is no breath in their mouths.

  • 1 Pet 1:24
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    24 For it is said, All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass becomes dry and the flower dead:

  • Eccl 3:21
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    21 Who is certain that the spirit of the sons of men goes up to heaven, or that the spirit of the beasts goes down to the earth?

  • Jer 10:23
    69%

    23 O Lord, I am conscious that a man's way is not in himself: man has no power of guiding his steps.

  • Ps 4:2
    69%

    2 O you sons of men, how long will you go on turning my glory into shame? how long will you give your love to foolish things, going after what is false? (Selah.)

  • Job 10:4
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    4 Have you eyes of flesh, or do you see as man sees?

  • Job 13:11
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    11 Will not his glory put you in fear, so that your hearts will be overcome before him?

  • Gen 2:7
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    7 And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth, breathing into him the breath of life: and man became a living soul.

  • Jer 51:17
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    17 Then every man becomes like a beast without knowledge; every gold-worker is put to shame by the image he has made: for his metal image is deceit, and there is no breath in them.

  • Ps 8:4
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    4 What is man, that you keep him in mind? the son of man, that you take him into account?

  • Eccl 3:19
    69%

    19 Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one so is the death of the other, and all have one spirit. Man is not higher than the beasts; because all is to no purpose.

  • Prov 27:2
    69%

    2 Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.