Job 13:25
A leaf driven away dost Thou terrify? And the dry stubble dost Thou pursue?
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
In Context
24Why dost Thou hide Thy face? And reckonest me for an enemy to Thee?
26For Thou writest against me bitter things, And causest me to possess iniquities of my youth:
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:14'After whom hath the king of Israel come out? after whom art thou pursuing? — after a dead dog! after one flea!
Job 21:18They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,
Matthew 12:20a bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench, till he may put forth judgment 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 →