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


In Context

15 What is the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?'

16 Lo, not in their hand is their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)

17 How oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger.

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

19 God layeth up for his sons his sorrow, He giveth recompense unto him — and he knoweth.

20 His own eyes see his destruction, And of the wrath of the Mighty he drinketh.

Job 21:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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