Job 21:18 · KJV
“They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. {carrieth: Heb. stealeth}”
— Job 21:18
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and {how oft} cometh their destruction upon them! {God} distributeth sorrows in his anger. {candle: or, lamp}
God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know {it}. {his iniquity: that is, the punishment of his iniquity}
Job 21 — Context
Lo, 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. {candle: or, lamp}
18They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. {carrieth: Heb. stealeth}
19God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know {it}. {his iniquity: that is, the punishment of his iniquity}
20His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
Cross References
Psalms 1:4
The ungodly {are} not so: but {are} like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Psalms 83:13
O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
Job 13:25
Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
Psalms 35:5
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase {them}.
Isaiah 17:13
The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but {God} shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind. {a rolling...: or, thistledown}
Jeremiah 13:24
Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.
Isaiah 29:5
Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones {shall be} as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
Nahum 1:10
For while {they be} folden together {as} thorns, and while they are drunken {as} drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.