Job 21:18
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
Cross-references
In Job 13:25, Job uses the same 'chaff' and 'driven leaf' imagery to describe human frailty — reinforcing his argument here.
Job 27:20 describes the wicked being carried away by a whirlwind, a parallel image of sudden destruction without the chaff simile.
Job 30:22 uses wind imagery for Job's own suffering, not the wicked — a personal application of the same force.
Matthew 3:12 uses the chaff metaphor for judgment: the wicked are burned, not blown away — a different fate but same identification of the wicked as chaff.
Hosea 13:3 lists chaff swirling from the threshing floor among fleeting things, echoing Job's simile for the wicked's transience.
Jeremiah 13:24 applies the same chaff-in-the-wind metaphor to Israel's scattering as judgment, reinforcing the theme of divine retribution.
Isaiah 41:16 continues the winnowing: the wind carries away the chaff (enemies), directly paralleling Job's image of the wicked being swept away.
Isaiah 29:5 compares enemies to passing chaff — the same image of transience.
Isaiah 17:13 describes nations chased like chaff before the wind — the same simile Job uses.
Psalm 83:13 prays for enemies to become like chaff before the wind — identical to Job's simile.
Psalm 35:5 uses 'chaff before the wind' as a curse — matching Job's description of the wicked's fate.
Psalm 1:4 directly compares the wicked to chaff driven by wind — the same image Job uses for the fate he questions.
Exodus 15:7 uses 'stubble' consumed by God's fury — a parallel image of divine judgment on the wicked.
Isaiah 40:24 uses 'stubble' carried off by wind to depict frailty — echoing Job's simile.
Nahum 1:10 compares Nineveh to dry stubble, similar to chaff, emphasizing their vulnerability to destruction.
Zephaniah 2:2 uses the same chaff imagery to describe the fleeting day of judgment, echoing Job's depiction of the wicked's transience.
Isaiah 5:24 uses 'stubble' consumed by fire as judgment — a related image, though with fire instead of wind.
Isaiah 57:13 says the wind carries off idols, not the wicked themselves — a parallel image of futility but different object.