Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
The 1611 reading
Cease ye from man whose breath is in his nostrels: for wherein is hee to be accounted of?
KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: Air drawn in or breathed out. Sense 2: The breath by which bodily life is sustained; by extension, bodily life.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Genesis 2:7
Complete exact-word concordance
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Cease ye from man whose breath is in his nostrels: for wherein is hee to be accounted of?
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
But with righteousnesse shall he iudge the poore, and reprooue with equitie, for the meeke of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rodde of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
1611 marginal noteOr, argue.
1611 marginal noteIohn 4.9. 2.thes.2.8.
And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.
And his breath as an ouerflowing streame, shall reach to the midst of the necke, to sift the nations with the sieue of vanitie: and there shalbe a bridle in the iawes of the people causing them to erre.
For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
For Tophet is ordained of olde; yea, for the king it is prepared, he hath made it deepe and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood, the breath of the LORD, like a streame of brimstone, doeth kindle it.
1611 marginal noteHeb. from yesterday.
Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.
Yee shall conceiue chaffe, yee shall bring forth stubble: your breath as fire shall deuoure you.
¶ Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
¶ Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heauens, and stretched them out, he that spread foorth the earth and that which commeth out of it, he that giueth breath vnto the people vpon it, and spirit to them that walke therein:
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