Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“Therefore I will scatter them like drifting straw
To the desert wind.

King James Version

Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.

Holman Bible

I will scatter you like drifting chaff
before the desert wind.

International Standard Version

I'll scatter them like chaff blown away by a desert wind.

A Conservative Version

Therefore I will scatter them as the stubble that passes away by the wind of the wilderness.

American Standard Version

Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passeth away, by the wind of the wilderness.

Amplified


“Therefore I will scatter you like drifting straw
[Driven away] by the desert wind.

Bible in Basic English

So I will send them in all directions, as dry grass is taken away by the wind of the waste land.

Darby Translation

And I will scatter them as stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.

Julia Smith Translation

And I will scatter them as the straw passing away by the wind of the desert.

King James 2000

Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passes away by the wind of the wilderness.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And I will scatter them like stubble scattered by [the] wind of [the] desert.

Modern King James verseion

And I will scatter them as the stubble that passes away by the wind of the wilderness.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Therefore will I scatter you, like as the stubble that is taken away with the south wind.

NET Bible

"The Lord says, 'That is why I will scatter your people like chaff that is blown away by a desert wind.

New Heart English Bible

'therefore I will scatter them, as the stubble that passes away, by the wind of the wilderness.

The Emphasized Bible

Therefore have I scattered them, As broken straw passing away, by the wind of the desert.

Webster

Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.

World English Bible

Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passes away, by the wind of the wilderness.

Youngs Literal Translation

And I scatter them as stubble, Passing away, by a wind of the wilderness.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
them as the stubble
קשׁ 
Qash 
Usage: 16

עבר 
`abar 
over, pass, through, pass by, go, away, pass on,
Usage: 557

by the wind
רוּח 
Ruwach 
Usage: 378

References

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

A Message For The King And The Queen Mother

23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin
Or the leopard his spots?
Then you also can do good
Who are accustomed to doing evil.
24 “Therefore I will scatter them like drifting straw
To the desert wind.
25 “This is your lot, the portion measured to you
From Me,” declares the Lord,
“Because you have forgotten Me
And trusted in falsehood.



Cross References

Leviticus 26:33

You, however, I will scatter among the nations and will draw out a sword after you, as your land becomes desolate and your cities become waste.

Psalm 1:4

The wicked are not so,
But they are like chaff which the wind drives away.

Ezekiel 5:2

One third you shall burn in the fire at the center of the city, when the days of the siege are completed. Then you shall take one third and strike it with the sword all around the city, and one third you shall scatter to the wind; and I will unsheathe a sword behind them.

Ezekiel 5:12

One third of you will die by plague or be consumed by famine among you, one third will fall by the sword around you, and one third I will scatter to every wind, and I will unsheathe a sword behind them.

Deuteronomy 4:27

The Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord drives you.

Deuteronomy 28:64

Moreover, the Lord will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth; and there you shall serve other gods, wood and stone, which you or your fathers have not known.

Deuteronomy 32:26

‘I would have said, “I will cut them to pieces,
I will remove the memory of them from men,”

Psalm 83:13-15

O my God, make them like the whirling dust,
Like chaff before the wind.

Isaiah 17:13

The nations rumble on like the rumbling of many waters,
But He will rebuke them and they will flee far away,
And be chased like chaff in the mountains before the wind,
Or like whirling dust before a gale.

Isaiah 41:16

“You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away,
And the storm will scatter them;
But you will rejoice in the Lord,
You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 4:11-12

In that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A scorching wind from the bare heights in the wilderness in the direction of the daughter of My people—not to winnow and not to cleanse,

Ezekiel 6:8

“However, I will leave a remnant, for you will have those who escaped the sword among the nations when you are scattered among the countries.

Ezekiel 17:21

All the choice men in all his troops will fall by the sword, and the survivors will be scattered to every wind; and you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken.”

Hosea 13:3

Therefore they will be like the morning cloud
And like dew which soon disappears,
Like chaff which is blown away from the threshing floor
And like smoke from a chimney.

Zephaniah 2:2

Before the decree takes effect—
The day passes like the chaff—
Before the burning anger of the Lord comes upon you,
Before the day of the Lord’s anger comes upon you.

Luke 21:24

and they will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled under foot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

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