Job 21:18

They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

Job alludes to a like sentiment of Bildad (Job 18:18), using his own previous words (Job 13:25).

Chaff - (Psalms 1:4; Psalms 35:5).

Related Commentaries of Job 21:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They are as stubble before the wind - According to the interpretation proposed of the previous verse, this may be read as a question, “How often...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

They: i.e. [How oft] they. stubble . crushed straw. Hebrew. teben (not kash = straw. wind. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Job's Sixth Speech Zophar, like the other friends, had insisted on the certain retribution for sin which befalls the wicked in this life. Now at l...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. Ver. 18. They are as stubble before the wind ] Lest any man should...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Certain Punishments of the Wicked; Divine Sovereignty. B. C. 1520....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. Their destruction shall be speedy, and certain, and irrecoverable.
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job Points out the Difference in Calamities Befalling Men
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

They are as stubble before the wind and as chaff that the storm carried away. Here again a question is intended: How often does this well-deserved pu...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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¹⁸ They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

Related Commentaries of Job 21:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 21:18