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Job 21:18

American Standard Version

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

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Job 21:18 in other translations

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

Job 21:18 · World English Bible

Job 21:18 in context

  1. 16Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
  2. 17How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? That God distributeth sorrows in his anger?
  3. 18That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
  4. 19Ye say, God layeth up his iniquity for his children. Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it:
  5. 20Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.