Job 21:18

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

Job 21:18 · King James Version

In other versions

That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
ASV
How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind?
BBE
Do they become as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
DBY
That they are as stubble before the wind, As chaff that the storm carries away?
WEB
They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,
YLT
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carries away.
ENG
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
WBT
Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?
BSB

¹⁶Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

¹⁷How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

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

¹⁹God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.

²⁰His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.