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 | They are as stubble <08401> before <06440> the wind <07307>_, and as chaff <04671> that the storm <05492> carrieth away <01589> (8804)_. {carrieth: Heb. stealeth} |
NASB © |
"Are they as straw <8401> before <6440> the wind <7307> , And like chaff <4671> which the storm <5492> carries <1589> away ?<1589> |
LXXM | esontai <1510> V-FMI-3P de <1161> PRT wsper <3746> ADV acura <892> N-APN pro <4253> PREP anemou <417> N-GSM h <2228> CONJ wsper <3746> ADV koniortov <2868> N-NSM on <3739> R-ASM ufeilato {V-AMI-3S} lailaq <2978> N-NSF |
NET [draft] ITL | How often are they like straw <08401> before <06440> the wind <07307> , and like chaff <04671> swept away by a whirlwind ?<05492> |
HEBREW | hpwo <05492> wtbng <01589> Umkw <04671> xwr <07307> ynpl <06440> Nbtk <08401> wyhy (21:18) <01961> |
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. |