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Job 21:18 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

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

Job 21:18

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16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

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

19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.

20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

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Job 21:1

"But Job answered and said,"

Job 21:2

"Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations."

Job 21:3

"Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on."

Job 21:4

"As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?"

Job 21:5

"Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth."

Job 21:6

"Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh."

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