Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away.
New American Standard Bible
But they are like
King James Version
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
International Standard Version
But this is not the case with the wicked. They are like chaff that the wind blows away.
A Conservative Version
The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
American Standard Version
The wicked are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Amplified
The wicked [those who live in disobedience to God’s law] are not so,
But they are like the chaff [worthless and without substance] which the wind blows away.
Bible in Basic English
The evil-doers are not so; but are like the dust from the grain, which the wind takes away.
Darby Translation
The wicked are not so; but are as the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Julia Smith Translation
Not so the unjust: but as the chaff which the wind shall drive away.
King James 2000
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Not so the wicked. Instead, [they are] like the chaff that [the] wind scatters.
Modern King James verseion
The wicked are not so, but are like chaff which the wind drives away.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
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.
NET Bible
Not so with the wicked! Instead they are like wind-driven chaff.
New Heart English Bible
The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
The Emphasized Bible
Not so, the lawless, - but as chaff which is driven about by the wind:
Webster
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
World English Bible
The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
Youngs Literal Translation
Not so the wicked: But -- as chaff that wind driveth away!
Themes
Wicked people » Compared with » Chaff
The wicked » Compared to chaff
Wicked, the, are compared to » Chaff
Wind » Illustrative » (chaff or stubble before,) of the wicked
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 1:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Ways Of The Righteous And The Wicked
3
that bears its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.
instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away.
and sinners will not be in the community of the righteous.
Cross References
Job 21:18
like chaff
Isaiah 17:13
He rebukes them, and they flee far away,
driven before the wind like chaff on the hills
and like tumbleweeds before a gale.
Psalm 35:5
with the angel of the Lord driving them away.
Isaiah 29:5
and many of the ruthless, like blowing chaff.
Then suddenly, in an instant,
Hosea 13:3
like the early dew that vanishes,
like chaff blown from a threshing floor,
or like smoke from a window.
Matthew 3:12
His winnowing shovel