Job 21:18
How often is it that they become like stubble before the wind 1 or like chaff that the storm carries away? 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 15:7In great majesty you overthrew those who rose up against you. 1 You sent out your wrath; it consumed them like stubble. 1
Job 27:21The east wind carries him away, and he leaves; 1 it sweeps him out of his place. 1
Psalms 35:5May they be as chaff before the wind, 1 as the angel of Yahweh drives them away. 1
Psalms 83:14like the fire that burns the forest, 1 and like the flame that sets the mountains on fire. 1
Isaiah 17:13The nations will roar like the rushing of many waters, 1 but he will rebuke them and they will flee far away, 1 they will be chased before the wind like chaff on the mountains, 1 and like weeds whirling before a storm. 1
Isaiah 40:24They are barely planted, barely sown, their stem has barely taken root in the earth, 1 when he blows upon them and they wither, and the wind carries them away like straw. 1
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 →