Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

I will scatter you like drifting chaff
before the desert wind.

New American Standard Bible

“Therefore I will scatter them like drifting straw
To the desert wind.

King James Version

Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.

International Standard Version

I'll scatter them like chaff blown away by a desert wind.

A Conservative Version

Therefore I will scatter them as the stubble that passes away by the wind of the wilderness.

American Standard Version

Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passeth away, by the wind of the wilderness.

Amplified


“Therefore I will scatter you like drifting straw
[Driven away] by the desert wind.

Bible in Basic English

So I will send them in all directions, as dry grass is taken away by the wind of the waste land.

Darby Translation

And I will scatter them as stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.

Julia Smith Translation

And I will scatter them as the straw passing away by the wind of the desert.

King James 2000

Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passes away by the wind of the wilderness.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And I will scatter them like stubble scattered by [the] wind of [the] desert.

Modern King James verseion

And I will scatter them as the stubble that passes away by the wind of the wilderness.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Therefore will I scatter you, like as the stubble that is taken away with the south wind.

NET Bible

"The Lord says, 'That is why I will scatter your people like chaff that is blown away by a desert wind.

New Heart English Bible

'therefore I will scatter them, as the stubble that passes away, by the wind of the wilderness.

The Emphasized Bible

Therefore have I scattered them, As broken straw passing away, by the wind of the desert.

Webster

Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.

World English Bible

Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passes away, by the wind of the wilderness.

Youngs Literal Translation

And I scatter them as stubble, Passing away, by a wind of the wilderness.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
them as the stubble
קשׁ 
Qash 
Usage: 16

עבר 
`abar 
over, pass, through, pass by, go, away, pass on,
Usage: 557

by the wind
רוּח 
Ruwach 
Usage: 378

References

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

A Message For The King And The Queen Mother

23 Can the Cushite change his skin,
or a leopard his spots?
If so, you might be able to do what is good,
you who are instructed in evil.
24 I will scatter you like drifting chaff
before the desert wind.
25 This is your lot,
what I have decreed for you—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
because you have forgotten Me
and trusted in Falsehood.



Cross References

Leviticus 26:33

But I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw a sword to chase after you. So your land will become desolate, and your cities will become ruins.

Psalm 1:4

The wicked are not like this;
instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away.

Ezekiel 5:2

You are to burn up a third of it in the city when the days of the siege have ended; you are to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind, for I will draw a sword to chase after them.

Ezekiel 5:12

A third of your people will die by plague and be consumed by famine within you; a third will fall by the sword all around you; and I will scatter a third to every direction of the wind, and I will draw a sword to chase after them.

Deuteronomy 4:27

The Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be reduced to a few survivors among the nations where the Lord your God will drive you.

Deuteronomy 28:64

Then the Lord will scatter you among all peoples from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.

Deuteronomy 32:26

“I would have said: I will cut them to pieces
and blot out the memory of them from mankind,

Psalm 83:13-15

Make them like tumbleweed, my God,
like straw before the wind.

Isaiah 17:13

The nations rage like the raging of many waters.
He rebukes them, and they flee far away,
driven before the wind like chaff on the hills
and like tumbleweeds before a gale.

Isaiah 41:16

You will winnow them
and a wind will carry them away,
a gale will scatter them.
But you will rejoice in the Lord;
you will boast in the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 4:11-12

“At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, ‘A searing wind blows from the barren heights in the wilderness on the way to My dear people. It comes not to winnow or to sift;

Ezekiel 6:8

“Yet I will leave a remnant when you are scattered among the nations, for throughout the countries there will be some of you who will escape the sword.

Ezekiel 17:21

All the fugitives among his troops will fall by the sword, and those who survive will be scattered to every direction of the wind. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken.”

Hosea 13:3

Therefore, they will be like the morning mist,
like the early dew that vanishes,
like chaff blown from a threshing floor,
or like smoke from a window.

Zephaniah 2:2

before the decree takes effect
and the day passes like chaff,
before the burning of the Lord’s anger overtakes you,
before the day of the Lord’s anger overtakes you.

Luke 21:24

They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

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