Job 21:18
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
KJV
Erunt sicut paleæ ante faciem venti, et sicut favilla quam turbo dispergit.
Vulgate
ἔσονται δὲ ὥσπερ ἄχυρα ὑπὸ ἀνέμου, ἢ ὥσπερ κονιορτὸς ὃν ὑφείλατο λαῖλαψ.
LXX
That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
ASV
יִהְי֗וּ כְּ/תֶ֥בֶן לִ/פְנֵי ר֑וּחַ וּ֝/כְ/מֹ֗ץ גְּנָבַ֥תּ/וּ סוּפָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
מֹ֤ץ
mts
noun · 8×
סוּפָֽה
svph
noun · 16×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
ר֣וּחַ
rvch
noun · 377×
תִּגְנֹ֤ב
tgnb
verb · 39×
תֶּֽבֶן
tbn
noun · 17×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Isa 17:13 — The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling th
- Isa 17:13 — The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling th
- Isa 29:5 — Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
- Jer 13:24 — Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.
- Job 13:25 — Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
- Job 13:25 — Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
- Job 27:20 — Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
- Job 27:21 — The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
- Matt 3:12 — Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
- Prov 10:25 — As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
- Ps 1:4 — The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
- Ps 1:4 — The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
- Ps 35:5 — Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
- Ps 35:5 — Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
- Ps 83:13 — O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
- Ps 83:13 — O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
- Zeph 2:2 — Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD’s anger come upon you.