Job 21:18
Are they as straw before the wind, and as chaff which the stealeth away?
Leeser Tanakh
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 in the greatness of thy excellency hast thou overthrown those that rose up against thee; thou didst send forth thy wrath, it consumed them as stubble.
Job 27:21The east wind will lift him up, and he must be gone; and it hurleth him like a storm out of his place.
Psalms 35:5Let them be as chaff before the wind; and may the angel of the Lord cast them forth.
Psalms 83:14(83:15) As the fire burneth up a forest, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire:
Isaiah 17:13The nations will make a noise like the roaring of many waters; but He will rebuke it, and it shall flee afar off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and as thistle-down before the tempest.
Isaiah 40:24Yes, they were not yet planted; yea, they were not yet sown; yea, their stem had not yet taken root in the earth: when he but breathed upon them, and they withered, and the storm-wind carrieth 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 →