Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. New Living Translation But not the wicked! They are like worthless chaff, scattered by the wind. English Standard Version The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Berean Standard Bible Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind. King James Bible The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. New King James Version The ungodly are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind drives away. New American Standard Bible The wicked are not so, But they are like chaff which the wind blows away. NASB 1995 The wicked are not so, But they are like chaff which the wind drives away. NASB 1977 The wicked are not so, But they are like chaff which the wind drives away. Legacy Standard Bible The wicked are not so, But they are like chaff which the wind drives away. Amplified Bible The wicked [those who live in disobedience to God’s law] are not so, But they are like the chaff [worthless and without substance] which the wind blows away. Christian Standard Bible The wicked are not like this; instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away. Holman Christian Standard Bible The wicked are not like this; instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away. American Standard Version The wicked are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff that the wind drives away. Brenton Septuagint Translation Not so the ungodly; - not so: but rather as the chaff which the wind scatters away from the face of the earth. Contemporary English Version That isn't true of those who are evil--they are like straw blown by the wind. Douay-Rheims Bible Not so the wicked, not so: but like the dust, which the wind driveth from the face of the earth. English Revised Version The wicked are not so; but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. GOD'S WORD® Translation Wicked people are not like that. Instead, they are like husks that the wind blows away. Good News Translation But evil people are not like this at all; they are like straw that the wind blows away. International Standard Version But this is not the case with the wicked. They are like chaff that the wind blows away. JPS Tanakh 1917 Not so the wicked; But they are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Literal Standard Version Not so the wicked: But [they are] as chaff that wind drives away! Majority Standard Bible Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind. New American Bible But not so are the wicked, not so! They are like chaff driven by the wind. NET Bible Not so with the wicked! Instead they are like wind-driven chaff. New Revised Standard Version The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. New Heart English Bible Not so with the wicked; instead, they are like the chaff which the wind drives away from the surface of the ground. Webster's Bible Translation The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. World English Bible The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away. Young's Literal Translation Not so the wicked: But -- as chaff that wind driveth away! Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The LORD Blesses Job…3He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does. 4Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind. 5Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.… Cross References Matthew 3:12 His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire." Job 21:18 Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm? Psalm 35:5 May they be like chaff in the wind, as the angel of the LORD drives them away. Psalm 37:38 But the transgressors will all be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off. Isaiah 17:13 The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale. Jeremiah 15:7 I will scatter them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land. I will bereave and destroy My people who have not turned from their ways. Daniel 2:35 Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered and became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that had struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth. Treasury of Scripture The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind drives away. like Psalm 35:5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them. Job 21:18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. Isaiah 17:13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind. Jump to Previous Blows Chaff Drives Driveth Dust Evil-Doers Grain Ungodly Wicked WindJump to Next Blows Chaff Drives Driveth Dust Evil-Doers Grain Ungodly Wicked WindPsalm 1 1. The happiness of the godly4. The unhappiness of the ungodly (4) The ungodly.--Better, Not so the ungodly. But are like.--They shall be winnowed out of the society of the true Israel by the fan of God's judgment. The image is a striking one, although so frequent as almost to have become a poetical commonplace (Habakkuk 3:12; Joel 3:14; Jeremiah 51:33; Isaiah 21:10). (See Bible Educator, iv. 4.) Verse 4. - The ungodly are not so; or, the wicked (see the comment on ver. 1. But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. "Chaff" is used throughout Scripture as an emblem of what is weak and worthless (see Job 21:18; Psalm 35:5; Isaiah 5:24; Isaiah 17:13; Isaiah 29:5; Isaiah 33:11; Isaiah 41:15; Jeremiah 23:28; Daniel 2:35; Hosea 13:3; Zephaniah 2:2; Matthew 3:12; Luke 3:17). In ancient times it was considered of no value at all, and when corn was winnowed, it was thrown up in the air until the wind had blown all the chaff away (see the representation in the author's 'History of Ancient Egypt,' vol. 1. p. 163).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Notלֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no so כֵ֥ן (ḵên) Adverb Strong's 3651: So -- thus the wicked! הָרְשָׁעִ֑ים (hā·rə·šā·‘îm) Article | Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person For כִּ֥י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction [they are] אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not like chaff כַּ֝מֹּ֗ץ (kam·mōṣ) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4671: Chaff, threshed loose) driven off תִּדְּפֶ֥נּוּ (tid·də·p̄en·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 5086: To shove asunder, disperse by the wind. רֽוּחַ׃ (rū·aḥ) Noun - common singular Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit Links Psalm 1:4 NIVPsalm 1:4 NLT Psalm 1:4 ESV Psalm 1:4 NASB Psalm 1:4 KJV Psalm 1:4 BibleApps.com Psalm 1:4 Biblia Paralela Psalm 1:4 Chinese Bible Psalm 1:4 French Bible Psalm 1:4 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 1:4 The wicked are not so (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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