Psalm 1:4
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New International Version (© 2011)
Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.

King James Bible
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

American Standard Version
The wicked are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

Young's Literal Translation
Not so the wicked: But -- as chaff that wind driveth away!

Psalm 1:4 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

The ungodly are not so - The Vulgate and Septuagint, and the versions made from them, such as the Ethiopic and Arabic, double the last negation, and add a clause to the end of the verse, "Not so the ungodly, not so; they shall be like the dust which the wind scatters away from the face of the earth." There is nothing solid in the men; there is nothing good in their ways. They are not of God's planting; they are not good grain; they are only chaff, and a chaff that shall be separated from the good grain when the fan or shovel of God's power throws them up to the wind of his judgments. The manner of winnowing in the eastern countries is nearly the same with that practiced in various parts of these kingdoms before the invention of winnowing machines. They either throw it up in a place out of doors by a large wooden shovel against the wind; or with their weights or winnowing fans shake it down leisurely in the wind. The grain falls down nearly perpendicularly; and the chaff, through its lightness, is blown away to a distance from the grain.

An ungodly man is never steady; his purposes are abortive; his conversation light, trifling, and foolish; his professions, friendships, etc., frothy, hollow, and insincere; and both he and his works are carried away to destruction by the wind of God's judgments.

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Psalm 35:5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

Job 21:18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carries away.

Isaiah 17:13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off...

Isaiah 29:5 Moreover the multitude of your strangers shall be like small dust...

Hosea 13:3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early dew that passes away...

Matthew 3:12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner...

Psalm 1:4 Parallel Commentaries
Blows Chaff Drives Driveth Dust Evil-Doers Grain Ungodly Wicked Wind
Blows Chaff Drives Driveth Dust Evil-Doers Grain Ungodly Wicked Wind
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Matthew 3:12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire."
Job 21:18 How often are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a gale?
Psalm 35:5 May they be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the LORD driving them away;
Psalm 37:38 But all sinners will be destroyed; there will be no future for the wicked.
Isaiah 17:13 Although the peoples roar like the roar of surging waters, when he rebukes them they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweed before a gale.
Jeremiah 15:7 I will winnow them with a winnowing fork at the city gates of the land. I will bring bereavement and destruction on my people, for they have not changed their ways.
Daniel 2:35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were all broken to pieces and became like chaff on a threshing floor in the summer. The wind swept them away without leaving a trace. But the rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain and filled the whole earth.