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Summary

Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

Bible References

Cease

Men are nothing but a mere breath; human beings are unreliable. When they are weighed in the scales, all of them together are lighter than air.
Do not trust in princes, or in human beings, who cannot deliver!
The Lord says, "I will put a curse on people who trust in mere human beings, who depend on mere flesh and blood for their strength, and whose hearts have turned away from the Lord.
Men are nothing but a mere breath; human beings are unreliable. When they are weighed in the scales, all of them together are lighter than air.
Do not trust in princes, or in human beings, who cannot deliver!
The Lord says, "I will put a curse on people who trust in mere human beings, who depend on mere flesh and blood for their strength, and whose hearts have turned away from the Lord.

Whose

The Lord God formed the man from the soil of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.
for while my spirit is still in me, and the breath from God is in my nostrils,
The Lord God formed the man from the soil of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.
for while my spirit is still in me, and the breath from God is in my nostrils,

For wherein

so that I would prefer strangling, and death more than life.
Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them,
O Lord, of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should be concerned about them?
so that I would prefer strangling, and death more than life.
Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them,
O Lord, of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should be concerned about them?

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