Job 13:25
A driven leaf, wilt thou cause to tremble? Or, dry stubble, wilt thou pursue?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
In Context
24Wherefore, thy face, shouldst thou hide? Or count me, as an enemy to thee?
26For thou writest, against me, bitter things, and dost make me inherit the iniquities of my youth;
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:14After whom, hath the king of Israel come forth? After whom, art thou in pursuit? After a dead dog! after a single flea!
Job 21:18They become as straw before the wind, and as chaff, which the storm stealeth away.
Matthew 12:20A bruised cane, will he not break, and, a smoking wick, will he not quench,—until he urge on, justice, to victory,
Matthew Henry on Job 13:24-28
23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin. 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy? 25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? 26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth. 27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet. 28 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a… Read the whole commentary →