Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

Wilt thou terrify a driven leaf? and wilt thou pursue dry stubble?

New American Standard Bible

“Will You cause a driven leaf to tremble?
Or will You pursue the dry chaff?

King James Version

Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

Holman Bible

Will You frighten a wind-driven leaf?
Will You chase after dry straw?

International Standard Version

Are you a god who would make a leaf tremble or who would prosecute a dry straw?

A Conservative Version

Will thou harass a driven leaf? And will thou pursue the dry stubble?

American Standard Version

Wilt thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

Amplified


“Will You cause a windblown leaf to tremble?
Will You pursue the chaff of the dry stubble?

Bible in Basic English

Will you be hard on a leaf in flight before the wind? will you make a dry stem go more quickly on its way?

Julia Smith Translation

Wilt thou terrify the scattered leaf? and wilt thou pursue the dry straw?

King James 2000

Will you break a leaf driven to and fro? and will you pursue the dry stubble?

Lexham Expanded Bible

Will you terrify a blown leaf? And will you pursue dry stubble?

Modern King James verseion

Will You terrify a leaf driven to and fro? Will You pursue the dry stubble?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Wilt thou be so cruel and extreme unto a flying leaf, and follow upon dry stubble?

NET Bible

Do you wish to torment a windblown leaf and chase after dry chaff?

New Heart English Bible

Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble?

The Emphasized Bible

A driven leaf, wilt thou cause to tremble? Or, dry stubble, wilt thou pursue?

Webster

Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

World English Bible

Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble?

Youngs Literal Translation

A leaf driven away dost Thou terrify? And the dry stubble dost Thou pursue?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Wilt thou break
ערץ 
`arats 
Usage: 15

a leaf
עלה 
`aleh 
Usage: 18

driven to and fro
נדף 
Nadaph 
Usage: 9

and wilt thou pursue
רדף 
Radaph 
Usage: 143

the dry
יבשׁ 
Yabesh 
dry
Usage: 9

References

Easton

Context Readings

Job Argues His Case With God

24 Wherefore dost thou hide thy face, and countest me for thine enemy? 25 Wilt thou terrify a driven leaf? and wilt thou pursue dry stubble? 26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth;

Cross References

Leviticus 26:36

And as to those that remain of you I will send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, that the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them, and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth;

Job 21:18

Do they become as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away?

1 Samuel 24:14

After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a single flea.

Job 14:3

Yet dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

Isaiah 17:13

The nations rush as the rushing of many waters; but he will rebuke them, and they shall flee far away, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a whirling of dust before the whirlwind:

Matthew 12:20

a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, until he bring forth judgment unto victory;

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