Psalm 1:4
Strong's Lexicon
Not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

so
כֵ֥ן (ḵên)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3651: adv 1) so, therefore, thus 1a) thus, so 1b) just so 1c) therefore 1d) so...as (paired with adv) 1e) then 1f) forasmuch as (in phrase) 1g) (with prep) 1g1) therefore, this being so (specific) 1g2) hitherto 1g3) therefore, on this ground (general) 1g4) afterwards 1g5) in such case adj 2) right, just, honest, true, veritable 2a) right, just, honest 2b) correct 2c) true, veritable 2d) true!, right!, correct! (in assent)

the wicked !
הָרְשָׁעִ֑ים (hā·rə·šā·‘îm)
Article | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7563: 1) wicked, criminal 1a) guilty one, one guilty of crime (subst) 1b) wicked (hostile to God) 1c) wicked, guilty of sin (against God or man)

For
כִּ֥י ()
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since 1a) that 1a1) yea, indeed 1b) when (of time) 1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force) 1c) because, since (causal connection) 1d) but (after negative) 1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if 1f) but rather, but 1g) except that 1h) only, nevertheless 1i) surely 1j) that is 1k) but if 1l) for though 1m) forasmuch as, for therefore

[they are]
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: 1) if 1a) conditional clauses 1a1) of possible situations 1a2) of impossible situations 1b) oath contexts 1b1) no, not 1c) if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or 1d) when, whenever 1e) since 1f) interrogative particle 1g) but rather

like chaff
כַּ֝מֹּ֗ץ (kam·mōṣ)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4671: 1) chaff 1a) always as driven by wind

driven off
תִּדְּפֶ֥נּוּ (tid·də·p̄en·nū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5086: 1) to drive, drive away, drive asunder 1a) (Qal) to drive about 1b)(Niphal) to be driven, be driven about

by the wind.
רֽוּחַ׃ (rū·aḥ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7307: 1) wind, breath, mind, spirit 1a) breath 1b) wind 1b1) of heaven 1b2) quarter (of wind), side 1b3) breath of air 1b4) air, gas 1b5) vain, empty thing 1c) spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation) 1c1) spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour 1c2) courage 1c3) temper, anger 1c4) impatience, patience 1c5) spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented) 1c6) disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse 1c7) prophetic spirit 1d) spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals) 1d1) as gift, preserved by God, God's spirit, departing at death, disembodied being 1e) spirit (as seat of emotion) 1e1) desire 1e2) sorrow, trouble 1f) spirit 1f1) as seat or organ of mental acts 1f2) rarely of the will 1f3) as seat especially of moral character 1g) Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son 1g1) as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy 1g2) as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning 1g3) imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power 1g4) as endowing men with various gifts 1g5) as energy of life 1g6) as manifest in the Shekinah glory 1g7) never referred to as a depersonalised force

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The wicked are not like this; instead , they are like chaff that the wind blows away.

New American Standard Bible
The wicked are not so, But they are like chaff which the wind drives away.

King James Bible
The ungodly [are] not so: but [are] like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.

New Living Translation
But not the wicked! They are like worthless chaff, scattered by the wind.

English Standard Version
The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away.

New American Standard Bible
The wicked are not so, But they are like chaff which the wind drives away.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The wicked are not like this; instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away.

International Standard Version
But this is not the case with the wicked. They are like chaff that the wind blows away.

NET Bible
Not so with the wicked! Instead they are like wind-driven chaff.

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

English Revised 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!
















Cross References
Matthew 3:12
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

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

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

Psalm 37:38
But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.

Isaiah 17:13
The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

Jeremiah 15:7
And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways.

Daniel 2:35
Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.

Hosea 13:3
Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 1:3
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

Psalm 1:2
But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
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