Job 21:18

NETBible

How often 1  are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff swept away 2  by a whirlwind?

NIV ©

How often are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a gale?

NASB ©

"Are they as straw before the wind, And like chaff which the storm carries away?

NLT ©

Are they driven before the wind like straw? Are they carried away by the storm? Not at all!

MSG ©

How often are they blown away by bad luck? Not very often.

BBE ©

How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind?

NRSV ©

How often are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff that the storm carries away?

NKJV ©

They are like straw before the wind, And like chaff that a storm carries away.

KJV
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before
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the wind
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and as chaff
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that the storm
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carrieth away
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{carrieth: Heb. stealeth}
NASB ©
"Are they as straw
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before
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the wind
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, And like chaff
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which the storm
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carries
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away
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LXXM
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PRT
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ADV
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N-APN
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PREP
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N-GSM
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CONJ
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ADV
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N-NSM
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N-NSF
NET [draft] ITL
How often are they like straw
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before
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the wind
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, and like chaff
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swept away by a whirlwind
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?
HEBREW
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NETBible

How often 1  are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff swept away 2  by a whirlwind?

NET Notes

1 tn To retain the sense that the wicked do not suffer as others, this verse must either be taken as a question or a continuation of the question in v. 17.

2 tn The verb used actually means “rob.” It is appropriate to the image of a whirlwind suddenly taking away the wisp of straw.