That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
Job 30:22 - Revised Version 1885 Thou liftest me up to the wind, thou causest me to ride upon it; And thou dissolvest me in the storm. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, And dissolvest my substance. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You lift me up on the wind; You cause me to ride upon it, and You toss me about in the tempest. American Standard Version (1901) Thou liftest me up to the wind, thou causest me to ride upon it; And thou dissolvest me in the storm. Common English Bible You lift me to the wind and make me ride; you melt me in its roar. Catholic Public Domain Version You have lifted me up, and, placing me as if on the wind, you have thrown me down powerfully. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou hast lifted me up, and set me as it were upon the wind: and thou hast mightily dashed me. |
That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; And it sweepeth him out of his place.
For he breaketh me with a tempest, And multiplieth my wounds without cause.
The wicked are not so; But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away
Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: For thou hast taken me up, and cast me away.
Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; Who maketh the clouds his chariot; Who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: Yea, he flew swiftly upon the wings of the wind.
The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but he shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.
A third part shalt thou burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled; and thou shalt take a third part, and smite with the sword round about it; and a third part thou shalt scatter to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.
Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that passeth early away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
The wind hath wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.