KJV King James Version
The ungodly [are] not so: but [are] like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
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Psalm 1:4
The ungodly [are] not so: but [are] like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.
WEB World English Bible
The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
ASV American Standard Version
The wicked are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Not so the wicked: But—as chaff that wind driveth away!
Surrounding context — Psalm 1
1 Blessed [is] the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his delight [is] in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
4 The ungodly [are] not so: but [are] like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
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Job 21:18They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.Matthew 3:12Whose 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.Psalm 35:5Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase [them].Isaiah 17:13The 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 13:3Therefore 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 29:5Moreover 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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