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JOB 21:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 1 1
Job 21:17Job 21:19
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
"That they are like straw before the wind, and like chaff that the storm carries away?" Job cites the traditional image—the wicked are like straw or chaff, blown away by wind. Yet he is about to deny that this actually happens. The verse presents the traditional claim he will immediately undermine.
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Finding rest in God — Job 21
God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. The imagery here is agricultural — the original audience would have immediately understood the metaphor of sowing, waiti...
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