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Job 21:18
They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,
Job 21:18 · Young's Literal Translation
Job 21:18 in other translations
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?
How often is it that they are as stubble before the wind, as chaff that the storm carries away?
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In context
15 What is the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?'
16 Lo, not in their hand is their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)
17 How oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger.
18 They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,
19 God layeth up for his sons his sorrow, He giveth recompense unto him--and he knoweth.
20 His own eyes see his destruction, And of the wrath of the Mighty he drinketh.
21 For what is his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off?
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