King James Version
Job 21:18 in the King James Version says “They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. carrieth: Heb. stealeth” — study this verse from Job chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. carrieth: Heb. stealeth”
Job 21:18 · KJV
Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. candle: or, lamp
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. carrieth: Heb. stealeth
God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it. his iniquity: that is, the punishment of his iniquity
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“They are as stubble”
H8401properly, material, i.e., (specifically) refuse haum or stalks of grain (as chopped in threshing and used for fodder)
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“the wind”
H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
“carrieth away”
H1589to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive
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