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Psalms 1:4

JudgmentSin

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.

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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BSB
Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.
KJV
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
WEB
The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
ASV
The wicked are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
DARBY
The wicked are not so; but are as the chaff which the wind driveth away.
BLB
Not so the wicked! But rather [they are] like the chaff, which the wind drives away.
ÅB
Slik er det ikke med de ugudelige,
for de blir spredt som agner for vinden.
OTB
De ugudelige er ikke slik,
Men de ligner agner som vinden driver bort.
B1930
Ikke så de ugudelige, men de er lik agner, som spredes av vinden.

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Cross references

  • Job 21:18

    They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

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  • 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.

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  • Psalms 35:5

    Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

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  • 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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  • 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.

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  • 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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