Job 21:18 Meaning and Explanation
“They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.”
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Read Full Chapter →Job echoes the imagery of the wicked being swept away like stubble and chaff, questioning how often it truly applies.
What Does Job 21:18 Mean?
Job continues to handle the language of judgment that his friends and the wider tradition used. The wicked, it is said, are like stubble before the wind and chaff carried off by the storm, light and rootless, easily blown away.
Job's purpose is not to deny that such judgment is real but to ask how regularly it visibly occurs in this life, since he sees so many wicked who are not swept away at all. The image of chaff, however, points to a deeper truth that endures: what is empty and rootless cannot finally stand before God. The Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the path of the ungodly will perish.
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What does Job 21:18 mean?
Job echoes the imagery of the wicked being swept away like stubble and chaff, questioning how often it truly applies.