Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Will you torment a windblown leaf? Will you chase after dry chaff? New Living Translation Would you terrify a leaf blown by the wind? Would you chase dry straw? English Standard Version Will you frighten a driven leaf and pursue dry chaff? Berean Standard Bible Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff? King James Bible Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? New King James Version Will You frighten a leaf driven to and fro? And will You pursue dry stubble? New American Standard Bible “Will You scare away a scattered leaf? Or will You pursue the dry chaff? NASB 1995 “Will You cause a driven leaf to tremble? Or will You pursue the dry chaff? NASB 1977 “Wilt Thou cause a driven leaf to tremble? Or wilt Thou pursue the dry chaff? Legacy Standard Bible Will You cause a driven leaf to tremble? Or will You pursue the dry chaff? Amplified Bible “Will You cause a windblown leaf to tremble? Will You pursue the chaff of the dry stubble? Christian Standard Bible Will you frighten a wind-driven leaf? Will you chase after dry straw? Holman Christian Standard Bible Will You frighten a wind-driven leaf? Will You chase after dry straw? American Standard Version Wilt thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? Aramaic Bible in Plain English Do you trample a dry leaf that falls, or do you chase a dry blade of grass? Brenton Septuagint Translation Wilt thou be startled at me, as at a leaf shaken by the wind? or wilt thou set thyself against me as against grass borne upon the breeze? Contemporary English Version Do you really enjoy frightening a fallen leaf? Douay-Rheims Bible Against a leaf, that is carried away with the wind, thou shewest thy power, and thou pursuest a dry straw. English Revised Version Wilt thou harass a driven leaf? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? GOD'S WORD® Translation Are you trying to make a fluttering leaf tremble or trying to chase dry husks? Good News Translation Are you trying to frighten me? I'm nothing but a leaf; you are attacking a piece of dry straw. International Standard Version Are you a god who would make a leaf tremble or who would prosecute a dry straw? JPS Tanakh 1917 Wilt Thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt Thou pursue the dry stubble? Literal Standard Version Do You terrify a leaf driven away? And do You pursue the dry stubble? Majority Standard Bible Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff? New American Bible Will you harass a wind-driven leaf or pursue a withered straw? NET Bible Do you wish to torment a windblown leaf and chase after dry chaff? New Revised Standard Version Will you frighten a windblown leaf and pursue dry chaff? New Heart English Bible Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble? Webster's Bible Translation Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? World English Bible Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble? Young's Literal Translation A leaf driven away dost Thou terrify? And the dry stubble dost Thou pursue? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job Reproves His Friends…24Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy? 25Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff? 26For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.… Cross References Leviticus 26:36 As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them. Job 19:22 Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh? Job 21:18 Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm? Treasury of Scripture Will you break a leaf driven to and fro? and will you pursue the dry stubble? break Job 14:3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee? 1 Samuel 24:14 After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea. 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 Break Cause Chaff Chase Driven Dry Flight Frighten Fro Harass Hard Leaf Pursue Quickly Stem Stubble Torment Tremble Way Wilt Wind WindblownJump to Next Break Cause Chaff Chase Driven Dry Flight Frighten Fro Harass Hard Leaf Pursue Quickly Stem Stubble Torment Tremble Way Wilt Wind WindblownJob 13 1. Job reproves his friends for partiality14. He professes his confidence in God; 19. and entreats to know his own sins, and God's purpose in afflicting him (25) Wilt thou break a leaf.--His confession of sin here approaches even to what the Psalmist describes as the condition of the ungodly (Psalm 1:4).Verse 25. - Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? Job compares himself to two of the weakest things in nature - a withered leaf, and a morsel of dry stubble. He cannot believe that God will employ his almighty strength in crushing and destroying what is so slight and feeble. A deep sense of God's goodness and compassion underlies the thought. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Will You frightenתַּעֲר֑וֹץ (ta·‘ă·rō·wṣ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 6206: To cause to tremble, tremble a windblown נִדָּ֣ף (nid·dāp̄) Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 5086: To shove asunder, disperse leaf? הֶעָלֶ֣ה (he·‘ā·leh) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5929: A leaf, foliage Will You chase after תִּרְדֹּֽף׃ (tir·dōp̄) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute dry יָבֵ֣שׁ (yā·ḇêš) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 3002: Dry, dried chaff? קַ֖שׁ (qaš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7179: Stubble, chaff Links Job 13:25 NIVJob 13:25 NLT Job 13:25 ESV Job 13:25 NASB Job 13:25 KJV Job 13:25 BibleApps.com Job 13:25 Biblia Paralela Job 13:25 Chinese Bible Job 13:25 French Bible Job 13:25 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 13:25 Will you harass a driven leaf? Will (Jb) |
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