Job 13:25

Verse

Berean Standard Bible

Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff?

American Standard Version (1901)

Wilt thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

Bible in Basic English

Will you be hard on a leaf in flight before the wind? will you make a dry stem go more quickly on its way?

Free Bible Version

Would you frighten a leaf blown by the wind or hunt down a piece of straw?

King James (Authorized) Version

Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

Translation for Translators

I am as insignificant as [MET] a leaf that is blown by the wind; why are you trying to cause me to be afraid [RHQ]? Why are you pursuing me? Am I useless, nothing more than a bit of dry chaff [RHQ]?

Unlocked Literal Bible

Will you persecute a driven leaf? Will you pursue dry stubble?

Noah Webster Bible

Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

World English Bible

Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble?

Young's Literal Translation

A leaf driven away dost Thou terrify? And the dry stubble dost Thou pursue?

Context

Job Prepares His Case

²⁴Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy? ²⁵Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff? ²⁶For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.

Summary

In this verse, Job expresses his deep faith and trust in God despite his suffering and trials. He acknowledges that even if his physical body fails and he faces death, he believes that he will ultimately be vindicated by God. Job's unwavering confidence in God's justice and his hope for redemption reveal his profound understanding of God's sovereignty and goodness, even in the midst of adversity. This verse showcases Job's resilience and steadfast faith in God's ultimate deliverance, serving as a powerful example of trust and perseverance in the face of hardship.

Commentary

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Wilt thou break a leaf - Is it becoming thy dignity to concern thyself with a creature so contemptible?

John Gill Bible Commentary

Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro?.... A leaf that falls from a tree in autumn, and withers and is rolled up, and driven about by the wind, which it cannot resist, to which Job here compares himself; but it is not to be understood of him with respect to his spiritual estate; for being a good man, and one that trusted in the Lord, and made him his hope, he was, as every good man is, like to a tree planted by rivers of water, whose leaf withers not, but is always green, and does not fall off, as is the case of carnal professors, who are compared to trees in autumn, which cast their leaves and rotten fruit; see Psa 1:3; but in respect to his outward estate, his frailty, weakness, and feebleness, especially as now under the afflicting hand of God; see Isa 64:6; so John the Baptist, on account of his being a frail mortal man, a weak feeble creature, compares himself to a reed shaken with the wind, Mat 11:7; now to break such an one was to add affliction to affliction, and which could not well be borne; and the like is signified by the next clause, and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? which cannot stand before the wind, or the force of devouring fire; this also respects not Job in his spiritual estate, with regard to which he was not like to dry stubble or chaff, to which wicked men are compared, Psa 1:4; but to standing corn and wheat in the full ear; and not only to green grass, which is flourishing, but to palm trees, and cedar trees of the Lord, which are full of sap, to which good men are like; but he describes him in his weak and afflicted state, tossed to and fro like dry stubble; and no more able to contend and grapple with an incensed God than dry stubble can withstand devouring flames; this he says, partly to suggest that it was below the Divine Being to set his strength against his weakness; as David said to Saul, "after whom is the king of Israel come out? after a dead dog, after a flea?" Sa1 24:14; which words Bar Tzemach compares with these; and partly to move the divine pity and commiseration towards him, who uses not to "break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax", Isa 42:3.

Job 13:25

Job Prepares His Case

Scripture
Sermons
Commentary

Berean Standard Bible

Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff?

American Standard Version (1901)

Wilt thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

Bible in Basic English

Will you be hard on a leaf in flight before the wind? will you make a dry stem go more quickly on its way?

Free Bible Version

Would you frighten a leaf blown by the wind or hunt down a piece of straw?

King James (Authorized) Version

Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

Translation for Translators

I am as insignificant as [MET] a leaf that is blown by the wind; why are you trying to cause me to be afraid [RHQ]? Why are you pursuing me? Am I useless, nothing more than a bit of dry chaff [RHQ]?

Unlocked Literal Bible

Will you persecute a driven leaf? Will you pursue dry stubble?

Noah Webster Bible

Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

World English Bible

Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble?

Young's Literal Translation

A leaf driven away dost Thou terrify? And the dry stubble dost Thou pursue?

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Wilt thou break a leaf - Is it becoming thy dignity to concern thyself with a creature so contemptible?

John Gill Bible Commentary

Job 13:25

Verse

Context

Job Prepares His Case

Summary

Commentary

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Tyndale Open Study Notes

Job 13:25

Job Prepares His Case

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Tyndale Open Study Notes