Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleAre they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm? Young's Literal Translation They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away, King James Bible They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. Hebrew Areיִהְי֗וּ (yih·yū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be they like straw כְּתֶ֥בֶן (kə·ṯe·ḇen) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8401: Material, refuse haum, stalks of grain before לִפְנֵי־ (lip̄·nê-) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 6440: The face the wind, ר֑וּחַ (rū·aḥ) Noun - common singular Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit like chaff וּ֝כְמֹ֗ץ (ū·ḵə·mōṣ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4671: Chaff, threshed loose) swept away גְּנָבַ֥תּוּ (gə·nā·ḇat·tū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 1589: To thieve, to deceive by a storm? סוּפָֽה׃ (sū·p̄āh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5492: A storm wind |