Job 21:18
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Are 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
Are
יִהְי֗וּ (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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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