Job 21:18
And they shall be as chaff before the wind, 1 Or as dust which the storm has taken up. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
In Context
19Let his substance fail to supply his children: 1 God shall recompense him, and he shall know it. 1
Cross References
Exodus 15:7And in the abundance of thy glory thou hast broken the adversaries to pieces: 1 Thou sentest forth thy wrath, it devoured them as stubble. 1
Job 27:21And a burning wind shall catch him, and he shall depart, 1 And it shall utterly drive him out of his place. 1
Psalms 35:5He devises iniquity on his bed; 1 He gives himself to every evil way; 1 And does not abhor evil. 1
Isaiah 17:13many nations like much water, as when much water rushes violently: and they shall drive him away, and pursue him afar, as the dust of chaff when men winnow before the wind, and as a storm whirling the dust of the wheel.
Isaiah 40:24For they shall not plant, neither shall they sow, neither shall their root be fixed in the ground: he has blown upon them, and they are withered, and a storm shall carry them away like sticks.
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 →