Job 21:18

They shall be as chaff before the face of the wind, and as ashes which the whirlwind scattereth.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17How often shall the lamp of the wicked be put out, and a deluge come upon them, and he shall distribute the sorrows of his wrath?

19God shall lay up the sorrow of the father for his children: and when he shall repay, then shall he know.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:7And in the multitude of they glory thou hast put down thy adversaries: thou hast sent thy wrath, which hath devoured them like stubble.

Job 27:21A burning wind shall take him up, and carry him away, and as a whirlwind shall snatch him from his place.

Psalms 35:5Let them become as dust before the wind : and let the angel of the Lord straiten them.

Psalms 83:14O my God, make them like a wheel; and as stubble before the wind.

Isaiah 17:13Nations shall make a noise like the noise of waters overflowing, but he shall rebuke him, and he shall flee far off: and he shall be carried away as the dust of the mountains before the wind, and as a whirlwind before a tempest.

Isaiah 40:24And surely their stock was neither planted, nor sown, nor rooted in the earth: suddenly he hath blown upon them, and they are withered, and a whirlwind shall take 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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