Job 13:25

Job 13:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
• New International Version (NIV)Will you torment a windblown leaf? Will you chase after dry chaff?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Will you frighten a driven leaf and pursue dry chaff?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Will You frighten a leaf driven to and fro? And will You pursue dry stubble?

Context of Job 13:25

23Tell me how many wrong things I have done. Show me what my sins are. 24Why do you hide yourself from me? Why do you think that I am your enemy? I am as weak as a leaf that the wind can blow away. But you still want to frighten me. I am as useless as chaff, but you still attack me. 26You write down things to accuse me. You punish me for the sins I did when I was young. 27You tie my feet with chains. You watch me carefully wherever I go. You put marks on my feet.

Job 13:25 word by word

הֶעָלֶ֣ה נִדָּ֣ף תַּעֲר֑וֹץ וְאֶת־קַ֖שׁ יָבֵ֣שׁ תִּרְדֹּֽף׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Wilt thou breakעָרַץ‛ârats · to trembleH6206
• a leafעָלֶה‛âleh · leafH5929
• driven to and froנָדַףnâdaph · to driveH5086
• and wilt thou pursueרָדַףrâdaph · to pursueH7291
• the dryיָבֵשׁyâbêsh · dryH3002
• stubbleקַשׁqash · stubbleH7179

Cross-references for Job 13:25

• Job 14:3I am only a human like that, so why do you watch me so carefully? Why do you want to bring me into a court to judge me?
• 1 Samuel 24:14You are Israel's king. So why are you chasing after someone like me? I am less important than a dead dog or a little fly!
• Isaiah 17:13But it does not matter how much noise they make. Those people may roar like powerful waves, but the Lord will shout at them to stop. Then they will run far away! They will run like the wind as it blows chaff across the hills. It will be like a strong storm that carries away dead weeds!
• Matthew 12:20He will not hurt weak people. He will be kind to people who are not strong. He will do this until there is justice everywhere.

Commentaries on Job 13:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25Wilt thou break a leaf - Is it becoming thy dignity to concern thyself with a creature so contemptible?Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? - Job here means to say that the treatment of God in regard to him was like treading down a leaf that was driven about by the wind - an insigni ficant, unsettled, and worthless thing. “Wouldst thou show thy power against such an object?” - The sense is, that it was not worthy of God thus to pursue one so unimportant, and so incapable of offering any resistance. And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? - Is it worthy…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-28Verses 23-28 Job begs to have his sins discovered to him. A true penitent is willing to know the worst of himself; and we should all desire to know what our transgressions are, that we may confess them, and guard against them for the future. Job complains sorrowfully of God's severe dealings with him. Time does not wear out the guilt of sin. When God writes bitter things against us, his design is to make us bring forgotten sins to mind, and so to bring us…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25In the Old Testament, dry chaff often symbolizes something that can blow away or burn (Psalm 83:13; Isaiah 40:24; Jeremiah 13:24; Exodus 15:7; Isaiah 47:14; Malachi 4:1; see also “dry grass,” Isaiah 5:24; 33:11). It also represents weakness and lack of importance (Job 41:20–21; Isaiah 41:2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. (Le 26:36; Psa 1:4). Job compares himself to a leaf already fallen, which the storm still chases hither and thither. break--literally, "shake with (Thy) terrors." Jesus Christ does not "break the bruised reed" (Is 42:3, 27:8).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 13:25

• Blasphemy
• Life
• Reasoning

In the dictionaries

• Dread
• Leaf
• Motheaten
• Spend
• Value
• How
• Straw; Stubble

Commentaries on Job 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings