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Job 21:18

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21:18How often44 are they like straw before the wind,

and like chaff swept away45 by a whirlwind?

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Footnotes

  1. 44 To retain the sense that the wicked do not suffer as others, this verse must either be taken as a question or a continuation of the question in v. 17.
  2. 45 The verb used actually means “rob.” It is appropriate to the image of a whirlwind suddenly taking away the wisp of straw.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

That they are like straw before the wind,

and like chaff that the storm carries away?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

How often are they like straw before the wind,

like chaff swept away by a gale?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Are they like straw before the wind,

like chaff a storm sweeps away?

NLTNew Living Translation

Are they driven before the wind like straw?

Are they carried away by the storm like chaff?

Not at all!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

How often are they like straw before the wind,

and like chaff that the storm carries away?

KJV 1900King James Version

They are as stubble before the wind,

And as chaff that the storm carrieth away.