Job 21:18
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"Are they as strawכְּתֶ֥בֶן
(ke·te·ven)
8401: strawof uncertain derivation
beforeלִפְנֵי־
(lif·nei-)
6440: face, facesfrom panah
the wind,ר֑וּחַ
(ru·ach;)
7307: breath, wind, spiritfrom an unused word
And like chaffוּ֝כְמֹ֗ץ
(u·che·motz)
4671b: chaffof uncertain derivation
which the stormסוּפָֽה׃
(su·fah.)
5492a: a storm windfrom suph
carries away?גְּנָבַ֥תּוּ
(ge·na·vat·tu)
1589: to steala prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
They are as stubble
teben  (teh'-ben)
material, i.e. (specifically) refuse haum or stalks of grain (as chopped in threshing and used for fodder) -- chaff, straw, stubble.
before
paniym  (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
the wind
ruwach  (roo'-akh)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being
and as chaff
mots  (motes)
chaff (as pressed out, i.e. winnowed or (rather) threshed loose) -- chaff.
that the storm
cuwphah  (soo-faw')
a hurricane -- Red Sea, storm, tempest, whirlwind, Red sea.
carrieth away
ganab  (gaw-nab')
to thieve; by implication, to deceive -- carry away, indeed, secretly bring, steal (away), get by stealth.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Are they as straw before the wind, And like chaff which the storm carries away?

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff a storm sweeps away?

International Standard Version
May they become like a straw, blown away before the wind; like a chaff that's swept off by a storm.

NET Bible
How often are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff swept away by a whirlwind?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
How often are they like straw in the wind or like husks that the storm sweeps away?

King James 2000 Bible
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carries away.
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