Job 21:18

They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

Cross-references

Job 13:25 Parallel

In Job 13:25, Job uses the same 'chaff' and 'driven leaf' imagery to describe human frailty — reinforcing his argument here.

Job 27:20 Parallel

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 Contrast

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 Allusion

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 Parallel

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 Parallel

Psalm 83:13 prays for enemies to become like chaff before the wind — identical to Job's simile.

Psalm 35:5 Parallel

Psalm 35:5 uses 'chaff before the wind' as a curse — matching Job's description of the wicked's fate.

Psalm 1:4 Parallel

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 Parallel

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 Parallel

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 Parallel

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.