Verse Comparison: Job 21:18
American Standard Version
That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
Amplified® Bible
That they are like stubble before the wind and like chaff that the storm steals {and} carries away?
Contemporary English Version
How often does he strike them like a windstorm that scatters straw?
Darby English Version
Do they become as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
Good News Bible
and blow them away like straw in the wind, or like dust carried away in a storm?
King James Version
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
New American Standard Bible
"Are they as straw before the wind, And like chaff which the storm carries away?
New International Version
How often are they like straw before the wind,
like chaff swept away by a gale?
New King James Version
They are like straw before the wind,
And like chaff that a storm carries away.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Do they resemble straw before the wind, And like chaff which the storm carries away?
Revised Standard Version
That they are like straw before the wind, and like chaff that the storm carries away?
Young's Literal Translation
They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,
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