Job 21:18
What does Job 21:18 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 21:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
KJV
King James Version · 1611They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752They shall be as chaff before the face of the wind, and as ashes which the whirlwind scattereth.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Do they become as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 1:4
The wicked are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
- Jeremiah 13:24
Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passeth away, by the wind of the wilderness.
- Exodus 15:7
And in the greatness of thine excellency thou overthrowest them that rise up against thee: Thou sendest forth thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble.
- Isaiah 41:15
Behold, I have made thee to be a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth; thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
- Isaiah 5:24
Therefore as the tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and as the dry grass sinketh down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
- Psalms 35:5
Let them be as chaff before the wind, And the angel of Jehovah drivingthemon.
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