Job 21:18

that they are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carries away?

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

In Context

17How often is it that the lamp of the profane is put out, that their calamity comes upon them, that [God] distributes sorrows in his anger,

19[Ye say], God lays up his iniquity for his sons. Let him recompense it to himself that he may know it.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:7And in the greatness of thine excellency thou overthrow those who rise up against thee. Thou send forth thy wrath, it consumes them as stubble.

Job 27:21The east wind carries him away, and he departs, and it sweeps him out of his place.

Psalms 35:5Let them be as chaff before the wind, and the agent of LORD driving [them] on.

Psalms 83:14as the fire that burns the forest, and as the flame that sets the mountains on fire.

Isaiah 17:13The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters, but he shall rebuke them. And they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.

Isaiah 40:24Yea, they have not been planted. Yea, they have not been sown. Yea, their stock has not taken root in the earth. Moreover he blows upon them, and they wither, and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble.

Matthew Henry on Job 21:18-27

Certain Punishments of the Wicked; Divine Sovereignty. ( b. c. 1520.) 17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. 18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. 19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it. 20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. 21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him,… Read the whole commentary →

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