American Standard Version
"That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away? "
— Job 21:18, American Standard Version
“They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.”
“How often is it that they are as stubble before the wind, as chaff that the storm carries away?”
“How often are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff swept away by a whirlwind?”
“They shall be as chaff before the face of the wind, and as ashes which the whirlwind scattereth.”
“How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind?”
“They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.”
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? ThatGod distributeth sorrows in his anger?
That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
Ye say, God layeth up his iniquity for his children. Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it:
Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
For what careth he for his house after him, When the number of his months is cut off?