Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

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.

Holman Bible

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

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.

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 a Cushite change his skin, or a leopard his spots? [Then] you also will be able to do good, [who] are accustomed to doing evil. 24 And I will scatter them like stubble scattered by [the] wind of [the] desert. 25 This [is] your lot, the portion of your measure from me," {declares} Yahweh, "because you have forgotten me, and you have trusted in the lie.

Cross References

Leviticus 26:33

And I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw a sword behind you; and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a ruin.

Psalm 1:4

Not so the wicked. Instead, [they are] like the chaff that [the] wind scatters.

Ezekiel 5:2

A third you must burn with fire in the midst of the city at {the completion} of the days of the siege, and you must take a third, and you must strike [it] with the sword around it, and a third you must scatter to the wind, and I will draw a sword behind them.

Ezekiel 5:12

A third of you will die because of the plague, and because of the famine they will perish in the midst of you, and a third will fall through the sword around you, and a third I will scatter to every direction of the wind, and I will draw [the] sword behind them.

Deuteronomy 4:27

And Yahweh will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left {few in number} among the nations {to where Yahweh will lead you}.

Deuteronomy 28:64

And Yahweh shall scatter you among all the nations from [one] end of the earth up to the [other] end of the earth, and there you shall serve other gods that you have not known nor your ancestors, [gods of] wood and stone.

Deuteronomy 32:26

I thought, "I will wipe them out; {I will make people forget they ever existed}."

Psalm 83:13-15

O my God, make them like the tumbleweed, like the chaff before wind.

Isaiah 17:13

[The] nations roar like [the] roar of many waters, but he will rebuke him, and he will flee far away. And they are chased like chaff of [the] mountains before [the] wind and like tumbleweed before [the] storm.

Isaiah 41:16

You shall winnow them and [the] wind shall carry them, and [the] tempest shall scatter them. And you yourself shall rejoice in Yahweh; you shall 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 hot wind from the barren heights} in the desert, {in the direction of} the daughter of my people, not to winnow and not to cleanse,

Ezekiel 6:8

But I will spare [some], {so there will be} for you fugitives from [the] sword among the nations {when you are scattered} in the countries.

Ezekiel 17:21

And all of his choice troops, among all of his troops, they will fall by the sword, and [those who] [are] remaining, they will be scattered to all [the directions of the] wind, and you will know that I, Yahweh, I have spoken.'

Hosea 13:3

Therefore, they will be like the morning cloud, and like [the] dew of early morning going [away], like chaff swirling from [the] threshing floor, or like smoke from a window.

Zephaniah 2:2

Before the birth of the decree, the day flies away like chaff; before the fierce anger of Yahweh overtakes you; before the day of the anger of Yahweh overtakes you.

Luke 21:24

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

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