Job 21:18
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 21 connects to 10 cross-references. Job challenges his friends to listen carefully before mocking him. He observes the empirical reality that the wicked do prosper: they live long, multiply, and die in peace without experiencing the judgment his friends claim is inevitable. This chapter represents …
Other Translations
That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,
How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind?
Cross References
And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy …
Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them.
O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, …
The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far …
Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be …
Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in …
Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them …