King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
¶ The ungodly [are] not so: but [are] like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Complete Jewish Bible:
Not so the wicked, who are like chaff driven by the wind.
Berean Standard Bible:
Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.
American Standard Version:
The wicked are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
The ungodly{H7563} are not so: but are like the chaff{H4671} which the wind{H7307} driveth away{H5086}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Job 21:18
- They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
Matthew 3:12
- Whose fan [is] in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
Psalms 35:5
- Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase [them].
Isaiah 17:13
- The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but [God] shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
Hosea 13:3
- Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff [that] is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
Isaiah 29:5
- Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones [shall be] as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
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Commentary for Psalms 1:4
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H7563
There are 249 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רָשָׁע
Transliteration: râshâʻ
Pronunciation: raw-shaw'
Description: from רָשַׁע; morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person; [phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong. - Strong's Number: H4671
There are 8 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: מֹץ
Transliteration: môts
Pronunciation: motes
Description: or מוֹץ; (Zephaniah 2:2), from מוּץ; chaff (as pressed out, i.e. winnowed or (rather) threshed loose); chaff. - Strong's Number: H7307
There are 348 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רוּחַ
Transliteration: rûwach
Pronunciation: roo'-akh
Description: from רוּחַ; wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions); air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y). - Strong's Number: H5086
There are 8 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: נָדַף
Transliteration: nâdaph
Pronunciation: naw-daf'
Description: a primitive root; to shove asunder, i.e. disperse; drive (away, to and fro), thrust down, shaken, tossed to and fro.