Job 13:25
Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
Job 13:25 in other translations
| BSB | Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff? |
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| WEB | Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble? |
| ASV | Wilt thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? |
| YLT | A leaf driven away dost Thou terrify? And the dry stubble dost Thou pursue? |
| DARBY | Wilt thou terrify a driven leaf? and wilt thou pursue dry stubble? |
| BBE | Will you be hard on a leaf in flight before the wind? will you make a dry stem go more quickly on its way? |
| Webster | Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? |
What does Job 13:25 mean?
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 13:23-28
Job begs to have his sins discovered to him. A true penitent is willing to know the worst of himself; and we should all desire to know what our transgressions are, that we may confess them, and guard against them for the future. Job complains sorrowfully of God's severe dealings with him. Time does not wear out the guilt of sin. When God writes bitter things against us, his design is to make us bring forgotten sins…
Job 13:25 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 13:25
- Leviticus 26:36
And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
- Job 21:18
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
- 1 Samuel 24:14
After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
- Matthew 12:20
A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
- Job 14:3
And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
- 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.
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Context
- Job 13:24
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
- Job 13:25
Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
- Job 13:26
For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
Job 13:25 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿A la hoja arrebatada has de quebrantar? ¿y á una arista seca has de perseguir? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Veux-tu épouvanter une feuille chassée par le vent, et poursuivre du chaume sec? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Willst du ein verwehtes Blatt hinwegschrecken, und die dürre Stoppel verfolgen? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Contra folium, quod vento rapitur, ostendis potentiam tuam, et stipulam siccam persequeris: |