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Will you chase after dry chaff?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/13.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Would you terrify a leaf blown by the wind? Would you chase dry straw?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Will you frighten a driven leaf and pursue dry chaff?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Will You frighten a leaf driven to and fro? And will You pursue dry stubble?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Will You scare away a scattered leaf? Or will You pursue the dry chaff?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Will You cause a driven leaf to tremble? Or will You pursue the dry chaff?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Wilt Thou cause a driven leaf to tremble? Or wilt Thou pursue the dry chaff?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Will You cause a driven leaf to tremble? Or will You pursue the dry chaff?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Will You cause a windblown leaf to tremble? Will You pursue the chaff of the dry stubble?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Will you frighten a wind-driven leaf? Will you chase after dry straw?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Will You frighten a wind-driven leaf? Will You chase after dry straw? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Wilt thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Do you really enjoy frightening a fallen leaf? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Wilt thou harass a driven leaf? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Are you trying to make a fluttering leaf tremble or trying to chase dry husks?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Are you trying to frighten me? I'm nothing but a leaf; you are attacking a piece of dry straw. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Are you a god who would make a leaf tremble or who would prosecute a dry straw?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Do you wish to torment a windblown leaf and chase after dry chaff? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Do You terrify a leaf driven away? And do You pursue the dry stubble?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> A leaf driven away dost Thou terrify? And the dry stubble dost Thou pursue?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Wilt thou terrify the scattered leaf? and wilt thou pursue the dry straw?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Against a leaf, that is carried away with the wind, thou shewest thy power, and thou pursuest a dry straw. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Against a leaf, which is carried away by the wind, you reveal your power, and you pursue dry straw.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Will you harass a wind-driven leaf or pursue a withered straw? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Will you frighten a windblown leaf and pursue dry chaff?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Wilt thou tread upon a fallen leaf? And wilt thou pursue the dry grass in the air?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Do you trample a dry leaf that falls, or do you chase a dry blade of grass?<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Wilt Thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt Thou pursue the dry stubble?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Wilt thou be startled <i>at me</i>, as <i>at</i> a leaf shaken by the wind? or wilt thou set thyself against me as against grass borne upon the breeze?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/13-25.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=2065" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/13.htm">Job Reproves His Friends</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">24</span>Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy? <span class="reftext">25</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6206.htm" title="6206: ta·‘ă·rō·wṣ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To cause to tremble, tremble. A primitive root; to awe or to dread; hence, to harass.">Would You frighten</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5086.htm" title="5086: nid·dāp̄ (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To drive, drive asunder. A primitive root; to shove asunder, i.e. Disperse.">a windblown</a> <a href="/hebrew/5929.htm" title="5929: he·‘ā·leh (Art:: N-ms) -- Leaf, leafage. From alah; a leaf; collectively, foliage.">leaf?</a> <a href="/hebrew/7291.htm" title="7291: tir·dōp̄ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To pursue, chase, persecute. A primitive root; to run after (of time) gone by).">Would You chase after</a> <a href="/hebrew/3002.htm" title="3002: yā·ḇêš (Adj-ms) -- Dry, dried. From yabesh; dry.">dry</a> <a href="/hebrew/7179.htm" title="7179: qaš (N-ms) -- Stubble, chaff. From qashash; straw.">chaff?</a> </span><span class="reftext">26</span>For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/39-11.htm">Psalm 39:11</a></span><br />You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/41-14.htm">Isaiah 41:14</a></span><br />Do not fear, O Jacob, you worm, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/144-4.htm">Psalm 144:4</a></span><br />Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-7.htm">Isaiah 40:7-8</a></span><br />The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass. / The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/103-15.htm">Psalm 103:15-16</a></span><br />As for man, his days are like grass—he blooms like a flower of the field; / when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-14.htm">James 4:14</a></span><br />You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-24.htm">1 Peter 1:24</a></span><br />For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/102-11.htm">Psalm 102:11</a></span><br />My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Isaiah 64:6</a></span><br />Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-20.htm">Matthew 12:20</a></span><br />A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish, till He leads justice to victory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-39.htm">Psalm 78:39</a></span><br />He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/42-3.htm">Isaiah 42:3</a></span><br />A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/90-5.htm">Psalm 90:5-6</a></span><br />You sweep them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning— / in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-16.htm">2 Corinthians 4:16-18</a></span><br />Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day. / For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison. / So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/62-9.htm">Psalm 62:9</a></span><br />Lowborn men are but a vapor; the exalted are but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Will you break a leaf driven to and fro? and will you pursue the dry stubble?</p><p class="hdg">break</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/14-3.htm">Job 14:3</a></b></br> And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/24-14.htm">1 Samuel 24:14</a></b></br> After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/17-13.htm">Isaiah 17:13</a></b></br> The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but <i>God</i> 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.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/9-17.htm">Break</a> <a href="/job/13-22.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/exodus/15-7.htm">Chaff</a> <a href="/joshua/23-10.htm">Chase</a> <a href="/job/6-13.htm">Driven</a> <a href="/job/12-15.htm">Dry</a> <a href="/job/11-20.htm">Flight</a> <a href="/job/9-34.htm">Frighten</a> <a href="/job/7-4.htm">Fro</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-19.htm">Harass</a> <a href="/job/10-10.htm">Hard</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-36.htm">Leaf</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-2.htm">Pursue</a> <a href="/job/8-12.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/2_samuel/21-19.htm">Stem</a> <a href="/exodus/15-7.htm">Stubble</a> <a href="/judges/16-19.htm">Torment</a> <a href="/job/9-6.htm">Tremble</a> <a href="/job/13-15.htm">Way</a> <a href="/job/11-8.htm">Wilt</a> <a href="/job/8-2.htm">Wind</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-36.htm">Windblown</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/19-2.htm">Break</a> <a href="/job/16-19.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/job/21-18.htm">Chaff</a> <a href="/job/18-11.htm">Chase</a> <a href="/job/18-18.htm">Driven</a> <a href="/job/14-8.htm">Dry</a> <a href="/job/14-2.htm">Flight</a> <a href="/job/18-11.htm">Frighten</a> <a href="/job/28-4.htm">Fro</a> <a href="/psalms/143-12.htm">Harass</a> <a href="/job/14-14.htm">Hard</a> <a href="/job/41-29.htm">Leaf</a> <a href="/job/19-22.htm">Pursue</a> <a href="/job/20-21.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/job/14-8.htm">Stem</a> <a href="/job/21-18.htm">Stubble</a> <a href="/job/15-20.htm">Torment</a> <a href="/job/26-5.htm">Tremble</a> <a href="/job/16-22.htm">Way</a> <a href="/job/14-15.htm">Wilt</a> <a href="/job/15-2.htm">Wind</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-36.htm">Windblown</a><div class="vheading2">Job 13</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/13-1.htm">Job reproves his friends for partiality</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/13-14.htm">He professes his confidence in God; </a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/13-19.htm">and entreats to know his own sins, and God's purpose in afflicting him</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/13.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Would You frighten a windblown leaf?</b><br>In this phrase, Job uses a metaphor to express his feeling of vulnerability and insignificance. The imagery of a "windblown leaf" suggests something fragile and easily disturbed, reflecting Job's perception of his own frailty in the face of God's overwhelming power. This metaphor is consistent with the broader biblical theme of human frailty compared to divine strength, as seen in passages like <a href="/psalms/103-15.htm">Psalm 103:15-16</a>, where human life is compared to grass and flowers that are easily swept away. The rhetorical question implies that God, in His majesty, should not need to pursue someone as insignificant as Job, highlighting Job's struggle to understand why he is being subjected to such intense suffering.<p><b>Would You chase after dry chaff?</b><br>The "dry chaff" symbolizes something worthless and easily discarded, often used in the Bible to represent the wicked or those who are spiritually empty, as seen in <a href="/psalms/1-4.htm">Psalm 1:4</a> and <a href="/matthew/3-12.htm">Matthew 3:12</a>. Job's use of this imagery underscores his sense of being unjustly targeted by God, as chaff is typically not pursued but rather blown away by the wind. This reflects Job's bewilderment at being treated as if he were among the wicked, despite his righteousness. The metaphor also connects to the theme of divine judgment, where God separates the righteous from the wicked, yet Job feels wrongly categorized. This phrase invites reflection on the nature of suffering and divine justice, themes central to the Book of Job.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure in the Book of Job, a man of great faith and integrity who undergoes severe trials and suffering. In this chapter, Job is responding to his friends and addressing God directly, expressing his feelings of being overwhelmed and insignificant.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Almighty, whom Job is addressing in this verse. Job is questioning God's actions and intentions, feeling as though he is being pursued relentlessly despite his frailty.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_friends.htm">Job's Friends</a></b><br>Although not directly mentioned in this verse, they are the ones who have been accusing Job of wrongdoing, prompting Job's defense and his plea to God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/w/windblown_leaf.htm">Windblown Leaf</a></b><br>A metaphor used by Job to describe his own perceived insignificance and vulnerability in the face of God's power.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/dry_chaff.htm">Dry Chaff</a></b><br>Another metaphor illustrating Job's sense of being easily scattered and pursued, emphasizing his frailty and the futility of his situation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/h/human_frailty_and_divine_power.htm">Human Frailty and Divine Power</a></b><br>Job's use of metaphors like "windblown leaf" and "dry chaff" highlights the human condition of vulnerability. Recognize our own frailty and depend on God's strength.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/q/questioning_god_in_suffering.htm">Questioning God in Suffering</a></b><br>It's natural to question God during times of suffering. Job's honest dialogue with God encourages us to bring our doubts and fears to Him, trusting in His ultimate wisdom and justice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_attention_to_the_smallest_details.htm">God's Attention to the Smallest Details</a></b><br>Despite feeling insignificant, remember that God is attentive to every detail of our lives. Trust in His care and provision, even when circumstances seem overwhelming.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_righteous_and_the_wicked.htm">The Righteous and the Wicked</a></b><br>Reflect on the distinction between the righteous and the wicked. Job's suffering challenges us to consider our own righteousness and reliance on God, rather than our circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/perseverance_in_faith.htm">Perseverance in Faith</a></b><br>Job's perseverance amidst trials serves as an example for us to remain steadfast in faith, trusting that God is working for our good, even when we cannot see it.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 13</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_job_13_25_show_god_as_unjust.htm">In Job 13:25, why does Job accuse God of targeting him as if he were light chaff, if God is portrayed as just and merciful? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_happens_if_you_abandon_faith.htm">What does it profit to gain the world?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_need_angels.htm">If God is all-powerful, why does He need angels to do His work?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_job_19_27_conflict_with_ot_afterlife.htm">If Job 19:27 implies a personal, bodily resurrection, does this conflict with other Old Testament notions of the afterlife?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(25) <span class= "bld">Wilt thou break a leaf.</span>--His confession of sin here approaches even to what the Psalmist describes as the condition of the ungodly (<a href="/psalms/1-4.htm" title="The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.">Psalm 1:4</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 25.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?</span> Job compares himself to two of the weakest things in nature - a withered leaf, and a morsel of dry stubble. He cannot believe that God will employ his almighty strength in crushing and destroying what is so slight and feeble. A deep sense of God's goodness and compassion underlies the thought. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/13-25.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Will You frighten</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּעֲר֑וֹץ</span> <span class="translit">(ta·‘ă·rō·wṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6206.htm">Strong's 6206: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cause to tremble, tremble</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a windblown</span><br /><span class="heb">נִדָּ֣ף</span> <span class="translit">(nid·dāp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5086.htm">Strong's 5086: </a> </span><span class="str2">To shove asunder, disperse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">leaf?</span><br /><span class="heb">הֶעָלֶ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(he·‘ā·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5929.htm">Strong's 5929: </a> </span><span class="str2">A leaf, foliage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Will You chase after</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּרְדֹּֽף׃</span> <span class="translit">(tir·dōp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7291.htm">Strong's 7291: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pursue, chase, persecute</span><br /><br /><span class="word">dry</span><br /><span class="heb">יָבֵ֣שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḇêš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3002.htm">Strong's 3002: </a> </span><span class="str2">Dry, dried</span><br /><br /><span class="word">chaff?</span><br /><span class="heb">קַ֖שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(qaš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7179.htm">Strong's 7179: </a> </span><span class="str2">Stubble, chaff</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/13-25.htm">Job 13:25 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/13-25.htm">Job 13:25 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/13-25.htm">Job 13:25 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/13-25.htm">Job 13:25 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/13-25.htm">Job 13:25 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/13-25.htm">Job 13:25 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/13-25.htm">Job 13:25 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/13-25.htm">Job 13:25 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/13-25.htm">Job 13:25 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/13-25.htm">Job 13:25 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/13-25.htm">OT Poetry: Job 13:25 Will you harass a driven leaf? 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