Job 21:18

How often are they as stubble before the wind, Or as chaff, which the whirlwind carrieth away?

Noyes Bible

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 it, that the lamp of the wicked is put out? And that destruction cometh upon them, And that He dispenseth to them tribulations in his anger?

19“But” [[say ye]] “God layeth up his iniquity for his children.” Let him requite the offender, and let him feel it!

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Cross References

Job 27:21The east wind carrieth him away, and he perisheth; Yea, it sweepeth him away from his place.

Psalms 35:5May they be like dust before the wind; May the angel of the LORD drive them!

Psalms 83:14As fire consumeth the forest, And as flame setteth the mountains in a blaze,

Isaiah 17:13Like the roaring of mighty waters do the nations roar; He rebuketh them, and they flee away, Driven like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, Like stubble before the whirlwind.

Isaiah 40:24Yea, scarcely are they planted, scarcely are they sown, Scarcely hath their stem taken root in the ground, When He bloweth upon them and they wither, And the whirlwind beareth them away like 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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