Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Are you a god who would make a leaf tremble or who would prosecute a dry straw?
New American Standard Bible
Or will You pursue the dry
King James Version
Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
Holman Bible
Will You chase after 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?
Darby Translation
Wilt thou terrify a driven leaf? and wilt thou pursue dry stubble?
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?
Themes
Interlinear
`arats
Nadaph
Radaph
References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 13:25
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Argues His Case With God
24 Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy? 25 Are you a god who would make a leaf tremble or who would prosecute a dry straw? 26 You've accused me of bitter things; you've caused me to reap the sins of my youth.
Names
Cross References
Leviticus 26:36
"As for the remnants among you, I'll bring despair in their hearts in the land of their enemies so that even the sound of a blown leaf will chase them and they flee as though pursued by the sword and fall when no one is pursuing.
Job 21:18
May they become like a straw, blown away before the wind; like a chaff that's swept off by a storm.
1 Samuel 24:14
After whom is the king of Israel going out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog or a single flea?
Job 14:3
Indeed, have you opened your eyes on one like this to bring me into a legal fight with you?
Isaiah 17:13
The nations roar like the rushing of many waters, but the LORD will rebuke them, and they will run far away, chased like chaff blown down from the mountains or like thick dust that rolls along, blown along by a wind storm.
Matthew 12:20
He will not snap off a broken reed or snuff out a smoldering wick until he has brought justice through to victory.