“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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