Psalms 1:4
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
KJV
Non sic impii, non sic ; sed tamquam pulvis quem projicit ventus a facie terræ.
Vulgate
οὐχ οὕτως οἱ ἀσεβεῖς, οὐχ οὕτως, ἀλλ’ ἢ ὡς ὁ χνοῦς ὃν ἐκριπτεῖ ὁ ἄνεμος ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς γῆς.
LXX
The wicked are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
ASV
לֹא כֵ֥ן הָ/רְשָׁעִ֑ים כִּ֥י אִם כַּ֝/מֹּ֗ץ אֲֽשֶׁר תִּדְּפֶ֥/נּוּ רֽוּחַ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מֹ֤ץ
mts
noun · 8×
נּוּ
nv
verb · 9×
ר֣וּחַ
rvch
noun · 377×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210210.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly. This Psalm, which is a preface to the whole book, shows that true blessedness consists not in worldly prosperity but in the fear and obedience of God. The righteous man is compared to a tree planted by rivers of water — his life is sustained by the Word of God. The wicked, by contrast, are like chaff which the w…
Cross-references
- 1Pet 4:18 — And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
- Hos 13:3 — Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
- Hos 13:3 — Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
- 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.
- Jer 15:7 — And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways.
- Jer 17:6 — For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
- Job 21:18 — They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
- Job 21:18 — They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
- Job 30:22 — Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.
- Luke 3:17 — Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 37:38 — But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
- Ps 104:35 — Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.
- 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.