Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yea, they shall be even as chaff before the wind, and as dust that the storm carrieth away.
New American Standard Bible
And like
King James Version
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
Holman Bible
like chaff
International Standard Version
May they become like a straw, blown away before the wind; like a chaff that's swept off by a storm.
A Conservative Version
that they are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carries away?
American Standard Version
That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
Amplified
“Are they like straw before the wind,
And like chaff that the storm steals and carries away?
Bible in Basic English
How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind?
Darby Translation
Do they become as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
Julia Smith Translation
They shall be as straw before the wind, and as chaff the storm stole it away.
King James 2000
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carries away.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[How often] are they like straw {before} the wind, and like chaff that [the] storm carries away?
Modern King James verseion
they are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm steals away.
NET Bible
How often are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff swept away by a whirlwind?
New Heart English Bible
How often is it that they are as stubble before the wind, as chaff that the storm carries away?
The Emphasized Bible
They become as straw before the wind, and as chaff, which the storm stealeth away.
Webster
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
World English Bible
How often is it that they are as stubble before the wind, as chaff that the storm carries away?
Youngs Literal Translation
They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,
Themes
Stubble » Figurative » Of wicked people
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Wicked people » Compared with » Chaff
Wicked people » Compared with » Stubble
The wicked » Compared to chaff
Wicked, the, are compared to » Chaff
Wicked, the, are compared to » Stubble
Wind » Illustrative » (chaff or stubble before,) of the wicked
Interlinear
Paniym
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Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 21:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Seventh Speech: A Response To Zophar
17 "How oft shall the candle of the wicked be put out? How oft cometh their destruction upon them? Oh what sorrow shall God give them for their part in his wrath! 18 Yea, they shall be even as chaff before the wind, and as dust that the storm carrieth away. 19 And though God save their children from such sorrow, yet will he so reward themselves, that they shall know it.
Names
Cross References
Job 13:25
Wilt thou be so cruel and extreme unto a flying leaf, and follow upon dry stubble?
Psalm 1:4
As for the ungodly, it is not so with them: but they are like the chaff, which the wind scattereth away from the face of the earth.
Psalm 35:5
Let them be as the dust before the wind, and the angel of the LORD scattering them.
Psalm 83:13
O my God, make them like unto a wheel, and as the stubble before the wind.
Isaiah 17:13
Even like many waters shall the people rage: God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and vanish away like the dust with the wind upon a hill, and as the whirlwind through a storm.
Isaiah 29:5
Moreover, the noise of thy enemies shall be like thin dust, and the multitude of tyrants shall be as the dry straw that cannot tarry: even suddenly and in haste shall their blast go.
Hosea 13:3
Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that early passeth away, and like as dust that the wind taketh away from the floor, and as smoke that goeth out of the chimney.
Exodus 15:7
And with thy great glory thou hast destroyed thine adversaries! Thou sentest forth thy wrath and it consumed them, even as stubble.
Isaiah 5:24
Therefore like as fire licketh up the straw, and as the flame consumeth the stubble: Even so - when their root is full - their blossom shall vanish away like dust or smoke. For they have cast away the law of the LORD of Hosts, and blaspheme the word of the holy maker of Israel.
Isaiah 40:24
so that they be not planted, nor sown again, neither their stock rooted again in the earth? For as soon as he bloweth upon them, they wither and fade away, like the straw in a whirlwind.
Isaiah 41:15-16
Behold, I will make thee a treading cart and a new flail, that thou mayest thresh and grind the mountains, and bring the hills to powder.
Jeremiah 13:24
Therefore will I scatter you, like as the stubble that is taken away with the south wind.
Nahum 1:10
For like as the thorns that stick together, and as the dry straw, so shall the drunkards be consumed together, even when they be full.
Matthew 3:12
Which hath also his fan in his hand, and will purge his floor, and gather the wheat into His garner; and will burn the chaff with unquenchable fire."