Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Will You cause a windblown leaf to tremble?
Will You pursue the chaff of the dry stubble?
New American Standard Bible
Or will You pursue the dry
King James Version
Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
Holman Bible
Will You chase after dry straw?
International Standard Version
Are you a god who would make a leaf tremble or who would prosecute a dry straw?
A Conservative Version
Will thou harass a driven leaf? And will thou pursue the dry stubble?
American Standard Version
Wilt thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
Bible in Basic English
Will you be hard on a leaf in flight before the wind? will you make a dry stem go more quickly on its way?
Darby Translation
Wilt thou terrify a driven leaf? and wilt thou pursue dry stubble?
Julia Smith Translation
Wilt thou terrify the scattered leaf? and wilt thou pursue the dry straw?
King James 2000
Will you break a leaf driven to and fro? and will you pursue the dry stubble?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Will you terrify a blown leaf? And will you pursue dry stubble?
Modern King James verseion
Will You terrify a leaf driven to and fro? Will You pursue the dry stubble?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wilt thou be so cruel and extreme unto a flying leaf, and follow upon dry stubble?
NET Bible
Do you wish to torment a windblown leaf and chase after dry chaff?
New Heart English Bible
Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble?
The Emphasized Bible
A driven leaf, wilt thou cause to tremble? Or, dry stubble, wilt thou pursue?
Webster
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?
Youngs Literal Translation
A leaf driven away dost Thou terrify? And the dry stubble dost Thou pursue?
Themes
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Nadaph
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References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 13:25
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Argues His Case With God
24
“Why do You hide Your face [as if offended]
And consider me Your enemy?
“Will You cause a windblown leaf to tremble?
Will You pursue the chaff of the dry stubble?
“For You write bitter things against me [in Your indictment]
And make me inherit and suffer for the iniquities of my youth.
Names
Cross References
Leviticus 26:36
As for those who are left of you, I will bring despair (lack of courage, weakness) into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; the sound of a scattered leaf will put them to flight, and they will flee as if [running] from the sword, and will fall even when no one is chasing them.
Job 21:18
“Are they like straw before the wind,
And like chaff that the storm steals and carries away?
1 Samuel 24:14
After whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue [with three thousand men]? A dead dog, a single flea?
Job 14:3
“You also open Your eyes upon him
And bring him into judgment with Yourself.
Isaiah 17:13
The nations roar on like the roaring of many waters,
But God will rebuke them and they will flee far away,
And be chased like chaff on the mountains before the wind,
Or like whirling dust before the storm.
Matthew 12:20
“A battered reed He will not break,
And a smoldering wick He will not extinguish,
Until He leads justice to victory.