Job 13:25
What does Job 13:25 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 13:25 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Wilt thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Wilt thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Will you be hard on a leaf in flight before the wind? will you make a dry stem go more quickly on its way?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862A leaf driven away dost Thou terrify? And the dry stubble dost Thou pursue?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Against a leaf, that is carried away with the wind, thou shewest thy power, and thou pursuest a dry straw.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Wilt thou terrify a driven leaf? and wilt thou pursue dry stubble?
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 12:20
A bruised reed shall he not break, And smoking flax shall he not quench, Till he send forth judgment unto victory.
- Job 14:3
And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee?
- Leviticus 26:36
And as for them that are left of you, I will send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as one fleeth from the sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
- 1 Samuel 24:14
After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
- Job 21:18
That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
- Isaiah 17:13
The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but he shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.
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