Job 21:18

They are as straw before wind, || And as chaff a windstorm has stolen away,

Literal Standard 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 the lamp of the wicked extinguished, || And their calamity comes on them? He apportions pangs in His anger.

19God lays up for his sons his sorrow, || He gives repayment to him—and he knows.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:7And in the abundance of Your excellence || You throw down Your withstanders, || You send forth Your wrath—It consumes them as stubble.

Job 27:21An east wind takes him up, and he goes, || And it frightens him from his place,

Psalms 35:5They are as chaff before wind, || And a messenger of YHWH driving away.

Psalms 83:14As a fire burns a forest, || And as a flame sets hills on fire,

Isaiah 17:13Nations crash as the roaring of many waters, || And He rebuked them, || And they fled far off, || And were pursued as chaff of hills before wind, || And as a rolling thing before a windstorm.

Isaiah 40:24Indeed, they have not been planted, || Indeed, they have not been sown, || Indeed, their stock is not taking root in the earth, || And He has also blown on them, and they wither, || And a 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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