Job 21:18 
Context| NET © | How often 1 are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff swept away 2 by a whirlwind? |
| NIV © | How often are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a gale? |
| NASB © | "Are they as straw before the wind, And like chaff which the storm carries away? |
| NLT © | Are they driven before the wind like straw? Are they carried away by the storm? Not at all! |
| MSG © | How often are they blown away by bad luck? Not very often. |
| BBE © | How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind? |
| NRSV © | How often are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff that the storm carries away? |
| NKJV © | They are like straw before the wind, And like chaff that a storm carries away. |
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| NET © | How often 1 are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff swept away 2 by a whirlwind? |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn To retain the sense that the wicked do not suffer as others, this verse must either be taken as a question or a continuation of the question in v. 17. 2 tn The verb used actually means “rob.” It is appropriate to the image of a whirlwind suddenly taking away the wisp of straw. |
