Job 21:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind?

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 1:4 : 4 The evil-doers are not so; but are like the dust from the grain, which the wind takes away.
  • Ps 35:5 : 5 Let them be like dust from the grain before the wind; let the angel of the Lord send them in flight.
  • Ps 83:13 : 13 O my God, make them like the rolling dust; like dry stems before the wind.
  • Job 13:25 : 25 Will you be hard on a leaf in flight before the wind? will you make a dry stem go more quickly on its way?
  • Isa 17:13 : 13 But he will put a stop to them, and make them go in flight far away, driving them like the waste of the grain on the tops of the mountains before the wind, and like the circling dust before the storm.
  • Isa 29:5 : 5 And the army of your attackers will be like small dust, and all the cruel ones like dry stems gone before the wind; suddenly it will come about.
  • Hos 13:3 : 3 So they will be like the morning cloud, like the dew which goes early away, like the dust of the grain which the wind is driving out of the crushing-floor, like smoke going up from the fireplace.
  • Nah 1:10 : 10 For though they are like twisted thorns, and are overcome as with drink, they will come to destruction like stems of grass fully dry.
  • Matt 3:12 : 12 In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned up in the fire which will never be put out.
  • Exod 15:7 : 7 When you are lifted up in power, all those who come against you are crushed: when you send out your wrath, they are burned up like dry grass.
  • Isa 40:24 : 24 They have only now been planted, and their seed put into the earth, and they have only now taken root, when he sends out his breath over them and they become dry, and the storm-wind takes them away like dry grass.
  • Isa 41:15-16 : 15 See, I will make you like a new grain-crushing instrument with teeth, crushing the mountains small, and making the hills like dry stems. 16 You will send the wind over them, and it will take them away; they will go in all directions before the storm-wind: you will have joy in the Lord, and be glad in the Holy One of Israel.
  • Jer 13:24 : 24 So I will send them in all directions, as dry grass is taken away by the wind of the waste land.
  • Isa 5:24 : 24 For this cause, as the waste of the grain is burned up by tongues of fire, and as the dry grass goes down before the flame, so their root will be like the dry stems of grain, and their flower will go up in dust: because they have gone against the law of the Lord of armies, and have given no honour to the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Hos 13:3
    81%

    3 So they will be like the morning cloud, like the dew which goes early away, like the dust of the grain which the wind is driving out of the crushing-floor, like smoke going up from the fireplace.

  • Ps 83:13-15
    3 verses
    80%

    13 O my God, make them like the rolling dust; like dry stems before the wind.

    14 As fire burning a wood, and as a flame causing fire on the mountains,

    15 So go after them with your strong wind, and let them be full of fear because of your storm.

  • Job 21:17
    79%

    17 How frequently is the light of the evil-doers put out, or does trouble come on them? how frequently does his wrath take them with cords?

  • Ps 1:4
    79%

    4 The evil-doers are not so; but are like the dust from the grain, which the wind takes away.

  • Isa 40:24
    79%

    24 They have only now been planted, and their seed put into the earth, and they have only now taken root, when he sends out his breath over them and they become dry, and the storm-wind takes them away like dry grass.

  • Hos 8:7
    77%

    7 For they have been planting the wind, and their fruit will be the storm; his grain has no stem, it will give no meal, and if it does, a strange nation will take it.

  • Ps 58:9
    77%

    9 Before they are conscious of it, let them be cut down like thorns; let a strong wind take them away like waste growth.

  • Jer 13:24
    77%

    24 So I will send them in all directions, as dry grass is taken away by the wind of the waste land.

  • Job 27:21
    77%

    21 The east wind takes him up and he is gone; he is forced violently out of his place.

  • Nah 1:10
    77%

    10 For though they are like twisted thorns, and are overcome as with drink, they will come to destruction like stems of grass fully dry.

  • Ps 35:5
    76%

    5 Let them be like dust from the grain before the wind; let the angel of the Lord send them in flight.

  • Job 24:24
    76%

    24 For a short time they are lifted up; then they are gone; they are made low, they are pulled off like fruit, and like the heads of grain they are cut off.

  • Isa 47:14
    75%

    14 Truly, they have become like dry stems, they have been burned in the fire; they are not able to keep themselves safe from the power of the flame: it is not a coal for warming them, or a fire by which a man may be seated.

  • Isa 33:11
    75%

    11 Your designs will be without profit, and their effect will be nothing: you will be burned up by the fire of my breath.

  • Job 4:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19 How much more those living in houses of earth, whose bases are in the dust! They are crushed more quickly than an insect;

    20 Between morning and evening they are completely broken; they come to an end for ever, and no one takes note.

  • Job 4:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

    8 What I have seen is that those by whom trouble has been ploughed, and evil planted, get the same for themselves.

    9 By the breath of God destruction takes them, and by the wind of his wrath they are cut off.

  • Isa 5:24
    75%

    24 For this cause, as the waste of the grain is burned up by tongues of fire, and as the dry grass goes down before the flame, so their root will be like the dry stems of grain, and their flower will go up in dust: because they have gone against the law of the Lord of armies, and have given no honour to the word of the Holy One of Israel.

  • Jer 23:19
    75%

    19 See, the storm-wind of the Lord, even the heat of his wrath, has gone out, a rolling storm, bursting on the heads of the evil-doers.

  • Ps 37:2
    74%

    2 For they will quickly be cut down like grass, and become dry like the green plants.

  • Isa 9:18
    74%

    18 For evil was burning like a fire; the blackberries and thorns were burned up; the thick woods took fire, rolling up in dark clouds of smoke.

  • Job 6:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17 Under the burning sun they are cut off, and come to nothing because of the heat.

    18 The camel-trains go out of their way; they go up into the waste and come to destruction.

  • Job 21:30
    74%

    30 How the evil man goes free in the day of trouble, and has salvation in the day of wrath?

  • Isa 27:8
    74%

    8 Your anger against her has been made clear by driving her away; he has taken her away with his storm-wind in the day of his east wind.

  • Isa 17:13
    74%

    13 But he will put a stop to them, and make them go in flight far away, driving them like the waste of the grain on the tops of the mountains before the wind, and like the circling dust before the storm.

  • Job 37:21
    74%

    21 And now the light is not seen, for it is dark because of the clouds; but a wind comes, clearing them away.

  • Job 13:25
    74%

    25 Will you be hard on a leaf in flight before the wind? will you make a dry stem go more quickly on its way?

  • Jer 30:23
    74%

    23 See, the storm-wind of the Lord, even the heat of his wrath, has gone out, a rolling storm, bursting on the heads of the evil-doers.

  • Jer 18:17
    74%

    17 I will send them in flight, as from an east wind, before the attacker; I will let them see my back and not my face on the day of their downfall.

  • Job 22:20
    74%

    20 Saying, Truly, their substance is cut off, and their wealth is food for the fire.

  • Ps 73:19
    74%

    19 How suddenly are they wasted! fears are the cause of their destruction.

  • Ps 103:16
    73%

    16 The wind goes over it and it is gone; and its place sees it no longer.

  • Isa 37:27
    73%

    27 This is why their townsmen had no power, they were broken and put to shame; they were like the grass of the field, or a green plant; like the grass on the house-tops, which a cold wind makes waste.

  • Ps 129:6
    73%

    6 Let them be like the grass on the house-tops, which is dry before it comes to full growth.

  • Prov 10:25
    73%

    25 When the storm-wind is past, the sinner is seen no longer, but the upright man is safe for ever.

  • Ps 68:2
    73%

    2 Let them be like smoke before the driving wind; as wax turning soft before the fire, so let them come to an end before the power of God.

  • Job 24:18
    73%

    18 They go quickly on the face of the waters; their heritage is cursed in the earth; the steps of the crusher of grapes are not turned to their vine-garden.

  • Ps 18:42
    73%

    42 Then they were crushed as small as dust before the wind; they were drained out like the waste of the streets.

  • 2 Kgs 19:26
    73%

    26 This is why their townsmen had no power, they were broken and put to shame; they were like the grass of the field and the green plant, like grass on the house-tops.

  • Ps 92:7
    72%

    7 When the sinners come up like the grass, and all the workers of evil do well for themselves, it is so that their end may be eternal destruction.

  • Joel 1:17
    72%

    17 The grains have become small and dry under the spade; the store-houses are made waste, the grain-stores are broken down; for the grain is dry and dead.

  • Prov 1:27
    72%

    27 When your fear comes on you like a storm, and your trouble like a rushing wind; when pain and sorrow come on you.

  • Job 18:16
    72%

    16 Under the earth his roots are dry, and over it his branch is cut off.

  • Ps 80:16
    72%

    16 It is burned with fire; it is cut down: they are made waste by the wrath of your face.

  • Jer 51:18
    72%

    18 They are nothing, a work of error: in the time of their punishment, destruction will overtake them.

  • Isa 29:5
    72%

    5 And the army of your attackers will be like small dust, and all the cruel ones like dry stems gone before the wind; suddenly it will come about.