Job 21:18
They shall be as stubble before the winde, and as chaffe that the storme carieth away.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
In Context
19God wil lay vp the sorowe of the father for his children: when he rewardeth him, hee shall knowe it.
Cross References
Exodus 15:7And in thy great glorie thou hast ouerthrowen them that rose against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as the stubble.
Job 27:21The East winde shall take him away, and he shall depart: and it shall hurle him out of his place.
Psalms 35:5Let them be as chaffe before the winde, and let the Angel of the Lord scatter them.
Psalms 83:14As the fire burneth the forest, and as the flame setteth the mountaines on fire:
Isaiah 17:13The people shall make a sounde like the noise of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee farre off, and shalbe chased as the chaffe of the mountaines before the winde, and as a rolling thing before the whirlewinde.
Isaiah 40:24As though they were not plated, as though they were not sowen, as though their stocke tooke no roote in the earth: for he did euen blow vpon them, and they withered, and the whirlewinde will take 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 →