Job 21:18
Do they become as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 15:7And by the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown thine adversaries: Thou sentest forth thy burning wrath, it consumed them as stubble.
Job 27:21The east wind carrieth him away and he is gone; and as a storm it hurleth him out of his place.
Psalms 35:5Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the angel of Jehovah drive [them] away;
Psalms 83:14As fire burneth a forest, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire,
Isaiah 17:13The nations rush as the rushing of many waters; but he will rebuke them, and they shall flee far away, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a whirling [of dust] before the whirlwind:
Isaiah 40:24Scarcely are they planted, scarcely are they sown, scarcely hath their stock taken root in the earth, but he also bloweth upon them and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh 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 →