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Job 21:18 KJV
Job · chapter 21 · verse 18
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.Job 21:18 · King James Version
Job 21:18 in context
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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- stubbletebenproperly, materialH8401 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- chaffmôtschaff (as pressed outH4671 →
- stormçûwphâha hurricaneH5492 →
- windrûwachwindH7307 →
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Job had largely described the prosperity of wicked people; now, in these verses, I. He opposes this to what his friends had maintained concerning their certain ruin in this life.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-26