Job 21:18

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

Updated King James Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17How often is the candle of the wicked put out! and how often comes their destruction upon them! God distributes sorrows in his anger.

19God lays up his iniquity for his children: he rewards him, and he shall know it.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:7And in the greatness of yours excellency you have overthrown them that rose up against you: you sent forth your wrath, which consumed them as stubble.

Job 27:21The east wind carries him away, and he departs: and as a storm hurls him out of his place.

Psalms 35:5Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

Psalms 83:14As the fire burns a wood, and as the flame sets the mountains on fire;

Isaiah 17:13The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

Isaiah 40:24Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall 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 →

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