18They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.


In Context

15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

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.

Job 21:18 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:18How often are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a gale?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:18They shall be as chaff before the face of the wind, and as ashes which the whirlwind scattereth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:18That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:18Do they become as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:18That they are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:18They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:18How often is it that they are as stubble before the wind, as chaff that the storm carries away?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:18They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:18They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carries away.