Job 21:18

יִהְיוּ כְּתֶבֶן לִפְנֵי ־ רוּחַ וּכְמֹץ גְּנָבַתּוּ סוּפָֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

In Context

17כַּמָּה ׀ נֵר ־ רְשָׁעִים יִדְעָךְ וְיָבֹא עָלֵימוֹ אֵידָם חֲבָלִים יְחַלֵּק בְּאַפּֽוֹ ׃

19אֱלוֹהַּ יִצְפֹּן ־ לְבָנָיו אוֹנוֹ יְשַׁלֵּם אֵלָיו וְיֵדָֽע ׃

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Cross References

Exodus 15:7וּבְרֹב גְּאוֹנְךָ תַּהֲרֹס קָמֶיךָ תְּשַׁלַּח חֲרֹנְךָ יֹאכְלֵמוֹ כַּקַּֽשׁ ׃

Job 27:21יִשָּׂאֵהוּ קָדִים וְיֵלַךְ וִֽישָׂעֲרֵהוּ מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ ׃

Psalms 35:5יִֽהְיוּ כְּמֹץ לִפְנֵי ־ רוּחַ וּמַלְאַךְ יְהוָה דּוֹחֶֽה ׃

Psalms 83:14אֱ‍ֽלֹהַי שִׁיתֵמוֹ כַגַּלְגַּל כְּקַשׁ לִפְנֵי ־ רֽוּחַ ׃

Isaiah 17:13לְאֻמִּים כִּשְׁאוֹן מַיִם רַבִּים יִשָּׁאוּן וְגָעַר בּוֹ וְנָס מִמֶּרְחָק וְרֻדַּף כְּמֹץ הָרִים לִפְנֵי ־ רוּחַ וּכְגַלְגַּל לִפְנֵי סוּפָֽה ׃

Isaiah 40:24אַף בַּל ־ נִטָּעוּ אַף בַּל ־ זֹרָעוּ אַף בַּל ־ שֹׁרֵשׁ בָּאָרֶץ גִּזְעָם וְגַם ־ נָשַׁף בָּהֶם וַיִּבָשׁוּ וּסְעָרָה כַּקַּשׁ תִּשָּׂאֵֽם ׃ ס

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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