Job 21:18New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Are they as straw before the wind, And like chaff which the storm carries away?
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— That they are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Do they become as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— They become as straw before the wind, and as chaff, which the storm stealeth away.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— They shall be as chaff before the face of the wind, and as ashes which the whirlwind scattereth.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— They shall be as stubble before the winde, and as chaffe that the storme carieth away.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— They are as stubble before the winde, and as chaffe that the storme carieth away.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— They are like straw before the wind, and like chaff that the storm carries away.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And they shall be as chaff before the wind, or as dust which the storm has taken up.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. |
They are
x1961 (1961) Complementהָיָהhayah{haw-yaw'}
A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary).
as stubble
8401 {8401} Primeתֶּבֶןteben{teh'-ben}
Probably from H1129; properly material, that is, (specifically) refuse haum or stalks of grain (as chopped in threshing and used for fodder).
before
6440 {6440} Primeפָּנִיםpaniym{paw-neem'}
Plural (but always used as a singular) of an unused noun ( פָּנֶה paneh, {paw-neh'}; from H6437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition ( before, etc.).
the wind,
7307 {7307} Primeרוּחַruwach{roo'-akh}
From H7306; wind; by resemblance breath, that is, a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions).
and as chaff
4671 {4671} Primeמוֹץmots{motes}
From H4160; chaff (as pressed out, that is, winnowed or (rather) threshed loose).
that the storm
5492 {5492} Primeסוּפָהcuwphah{soo-faw'}
From H5486; a hurricane.
carrieth away.
1589 {1589} Primeגָּנַבganab{gaw-nab'}
A primitive root; to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication to deceive.
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562 |
Job 21:18
_ _ Job alludes to a like sentiment of Bildad (Job 18:18), using his own previous words (Job 13:25). |
- as stubble:
Job 13:25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
Exodus 15:7 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, [which] consumed them as stubble.
Psalms 1:4 The ungodly [are] not so: but [are] like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Psalms 35:5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase [them].
Psalms 83:13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
Isaiah 5:24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, [so] their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 17:13 The 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 29:5 Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones [shall be] as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
Isaiah 40:24 Yea, 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.
Isaiah 41:15-16 Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat [them] small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. ... Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, [and] shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah 13:24 Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.
Hosea 13:3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff [that] is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
Nahum 1:10 For while [they be] folden together [as] thorns, and while they are drunken [as] drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
Matthew 3:12 Whose fan [is] in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
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