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Verse         Translation Text
Job 21:18 Strong Concordance They are as stubble [08401] before [06440] the wind [07307], and as chaff [04671] that the storm [05492] carrieth away [01589].
  King James They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Job alludes to a like sentiment of Bildad (Job 18:18), using his own previous words (Job 13:25).
 
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25 Wilt thou break [06206] a leaf [05929] driven to and fro [05086]? and wilt thou pursue [07291] the dry [03002] stubble [07179]?
18 He shall be driven [01920] from light [0216] into darkness [02822], and chased [05074] out of the world [08398].
13 The nations [03816] shall rush [07582] like the rushing [07588] of many [07227] waters [04325]: but God shall rebuke [01605] them, and they shall flee [05127] far off [04801], and shall be chased [07291] as the chaff [04671] of the mountains [02022] before [06440] the wind [07307], and like a rolling thing [01534] before [06440] the whirlwind [05492].
4 The ungodly [07563] are not so: but are like the chaff [04671] which the wind [07307] driveth away [05086].