Job 21:18

King James Version (KJV)

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

In context

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

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

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

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

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

KJV King James Version: They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
WEB World English Bible: How often is it that they are as stubble before the wind, as chaff that the storm carries away?
BSB Berean Standard Bible: Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?
ASV American Standard Version: That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
YLT Young's Literal Translation: They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,
DBY Darby Translation: Do they become as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
WBS Webster Bible: They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.