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Job 21:18

NETBible	How often¹ are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff swept away² by a whirlwind?
NIV © biblegateway Job 21:18	How often are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a gale?
NASB © biblegateway Job 21:18	"Are they as straw before the wind, And like chaff which the storm carries away?
NLT © biblegateway Job 21:18	Are they driven before the wind like straw? Are they carried away by the storm? Not at all!
MSG © biblegateway Job 21:18	How often are they blown away by bad luck? Not very often.
BBE © SABDAweb Job 21:18	How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind?
NRSV © bibleoremus Job 21:18	How often are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff that the storm carries away?
NKJV © biblegateway Job 21:18	They are like straw before the wind, And like chaff that a storm carries away.
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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 © biblegateway Job 21:18	"Are they as straw <08401> before <06440> the wind <07307> , And like chaff <04671> which the storm <05492> carries <01589> away <01589> ?
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 often¹ are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff swept away² by a whirlwind?

NET Notes

¹tn 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.

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