Job 21:18
That they are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
Revised Version 1895
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 15:7And in the greatness of thine excellency thou overthrowest them that rise up against thee: Thou sendest forth thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble.
Job 27:21The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; and it sweepeth him out of his place.
Psalms 35:5Let them be as chaff before the wind, and the angel of the LORD driving them on.
Psalms 83:14As the fire that burneth the forest, and as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire;
Isaiah 17:13The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but he shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.
Isaiah 40:24Yea, they have not been planted; yea, they have not been sown; yea, their stock hath not taken root in the earth: moreover he bloweth upon them, and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh 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 →