Psalm 1:4 - Easy To Read Version

⁴ But bad people are not like that.\par Bad people are like chaff {\cf2\super [2]} \par that the wind blows away.\par

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ The ungodly are not so: But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Not so the wicked [those disobedient and living without God are not so]. But they are like the chaff [worthless, dead, without substance] which the wind drives away.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ The wicked are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

Common English Bible

⁴ That’s not true for the wicked! They are like dust that the wind blows away.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Not so the impious, not so. For they are like the dust that the wind casts along the face of the earth.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ Not so the wicked, not so: but like the dust, which the wind driveth from the face of the earth.

Psalm 1:4 Cross References

Job 21:18

Does God blow the evil people away,\par like the wind blows straw,\par like strong winds blow the grain husks?\par

Job 8:13

People who forget God\par are like those reeds.\par The person who forgets God,\par has no hope.\par

Psalm 35:5

Make those people be like chaff {\cf2\super [215]} \par blown by the wind. {\cf2\super [216]} \par Let them be chased by the Lord’s angel.\par

Psalm 37:36

But then he was gone.\par I looked for him,\par but I couldn’t find him.\par

Isaiah 17:13

\{And the people will be like those waves—\}\par God will speak harshly to the people,\par and they will run away.\par The people will be like chaff {\cf2\super [181]} \par being chased by the wind.\par The people will be like tumbleweeds {\cf2\super [182]} \par being chased by a storm.\par The wind blows and the weeds go far away.\par

Isaiah 29:5

There are many strangers there— like very small pieces of dust. There are many cruel people—like chaff {\cf2\super [266]} blowing in the wind.

Jeremiah 13:24

“I will force you to leave your homes.\par You will run in all directions.\par You will be like chaff {\cf2\super [116]} blown away\par by the desert wind.\par

Hosea 13:3

That is why those people will soon disappear. They will be like the fog that comes early in the morning—that fog comes and then soon disappears. The Israelites will be like chaff {\cf2\super [144]} that is blown from the threshing floor. {\cf2\super [145]} The Israelites will be like smoke that rises from a chimney and disappears.

Matthew 3:12

He will come ready to clean the grain. {\cf2\super [43]} He will separate the good grain from the straw. He will put the good part of the grain into his barn. And he will burn the part that is not good. He will burn it with a fire that cannot be stopped.”