Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

The wicked are not so,
But they are like chaff which the wind drives away.

King James Version

The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

Holman Bible

The wicked are not like this;
instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows 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!

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

are not so but are like the chaff
מוץ מץ 
Mots 
Usage: 8

which the wind
רוּח 
Ruwach 
Usage: 378

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

The Ways Of The Righteous And The Wicked

3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water. It yields its fruit in season and its leaves do not wither. Whatever he does prospers. 4 The wicked are not so,
But they are like chaff which the wind drives away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand (be upright) in the judgment. The sinners will not stand (endure) in the assembly of the righteous.

Cross References

Job 21:18

How often are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff that the storm carries away?

Isaiah 17:13

The nations will rush like the raging of many waters. But God will rebuke them and they will flee far away. They will be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, like a rolling dust before the whirlwind.

Psalm 35:5

Let them be like chaff blown by the wind as the angel of Jehovah chases them.

Isaiah 29:5

Your cruel enemies will be swept away like dust in a windstorm. It will be sudden and unexpected like chaff in the wind.

Hosea 13:3

That is why they will be like fog in the morning and like morning dew that disappears quickly. They will be like straw blown away from threshing floors. They will be like smoke rising from chimneys.

Matthew 3:12

His winnowing shovel is in his hand. He will clean his threshing floor and gather his wheat into a barn. He will then burn the husks in a fire that cannot be put out.

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