Verse 18
Job 21:18
Literal Standard Version
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They are as straw before wind, || And as chaff a windstorm has stolen away,
Original Language Text
hebrew
יִהְי֗וּ כְּ/תֶ֥בֶן לִ/פְנֵי ר֑וּחַ וּ֝/כְ/מֹ֗ץ גְּנָבַ֥תּ/וּ סוּפָֽה
English Translation
They will be like chaff before the wind and like dust that the storm carries away.
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Chapter 21 Context
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And Job answers and says:
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“Hear my word diligently, || And this is your consolation.
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Bear with me, and I speak, || And after my speaking—you may deride.
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Is my complaint against man? And if so, why may my temper not become short?
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Turn to me, and be astonished, || And put hand to mouth.
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Indeed, if I have remembered, then I have been troubled. And my flesh has taken fright.
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Why do the wicked live? They have become old, || Indeed, they have been mighty in wealth.
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Their seed is established, || Before their face with them, || And their offspring before their eyes.
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Their houses are peace without fear, || Nor is a rod of God (Elohim) on them.
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His bullock breeds without fail. His cow brings forth safely, and does not miscarry.
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They send forth their sucklings as a flock, || And their children skip,
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They lift themselves up at timbrel and harp, || And rejoice at the sound of a pipe.
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They wear out their days in good, || And in a moment go down to Sheol.
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And they say to God (Elohim), Turn aside from us, || And the knowledge of Your ways || We have not d...
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What is the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?
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Behold, their good is not in their hand || (The counsel of the wicked || Has been far from me).
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How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, || And their calamity comes on them? He apportions...
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They are as straw before wind, || And as chaff a windstorm has stolen away,
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God (Elohim) lays up for his sons his sorrow, || He gives repayment to him—and he knows.
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His own eyes see his destruction, || And he drinks of the wrath of the Mighty.
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For what is his delight in his house after him, || And the number of his months cut off?
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Does one teach knowledge to God (Elohim), || Since He judges those on high?
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This one dies in his perfect strength, || Wholly at ease and quiet.
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His breasts have been full of milk, || And marrow moistens his bones.
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And this one dies with a bitter soul, || And has not eaten with gladness.
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Together they lie down on the dust, || And the worm covers them over.
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Behold, I have known your thoughts, || And the schemes against me you do wrongfully.
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For you say, Where is the house of the noble? And where the tent—the dwelling places of the wicked?
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Have you not asked those passing by the way? And do you not know their signs?
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That the wicked is spared to a day of calamity. They are brought to a day of wrath.
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Who declares his way to his face? And for that which he has done, || Who gives repayment to him?
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And he is brought to the graves, || And a watch is kept over the heap.
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The clods of the valley have been sweet to him, || And he draws every man after him, || And there is...
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And how do you comfort me with vanity, || And trespass has been left in your answers?”
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