Job 13:25
Against a leaf, that is carried away with the wind, thou shewest thy power, and thou pursuest a dry straw.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
In Context
24Why hidest thou thy face, and thinkest me thy enemy?
26For thou writest bitter things against me, and wilt consume me for the sins of my youth.
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:14As also it is said in the old proverb: From the wicked shall wickedness come forth: therefore my hand shall not be upon thee. After whom dost thou come out, O king of Israel?
Job 21:18They shall be as chaff before the face of the wind, and as ashes which the whirlwind scattereth.
Matthew 12:20The bruised reed he shall not break: and smoking flax he shall not extinguish: till he send forth judgment unto victory.
Matthew Henry on Job 13:24-28
23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin. 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy? 25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? 26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth. 27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet. 28 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a… Read the whole commentary →