Job 13:25
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Against a leaf, that is carried away with the wind, thou shewest thy power, and thou pursuest a dry straw.

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Job 14:3 And dost thou think it meet to open thy eyes upon such an one, and to bring him into judgment with thee?

1 Samuel 24:14 After whom dost thou pursue? After a dead dog, after a flea.

Isaiah 17:13 Nations shall make a noise like the noise of waters overflowing, but he shall rebuke him, and he shall flee far off: and he shall be carried away as the dust of the mountains before the wind, and as a whirlwind before a tempest.

Matthew 12:20 The bruised reed he shall not break: and smoking flax he shall not extinguish: till he send forth judgment unto victory.

Context
Job Reproves His Friends
24Why hidest thou thy face, and thinkest me thy enemy? 25Against a leaf, that is carried away with the wind, thou shewest thy power, and thou pursuest a dry straw.26For thou writest bitter things against me, and wilt consume me for the sins of my youth.…
Cross References
Leviticus 26:36
And as to them that shall remain of you I will send fear in their hearts in the countries of their enemies. The sound of a flying leaf shall terrify them: and they shall flee as it were from the sword. They shall fall, when no man pursueth them.

Job 19:22
Why do you persecute me as God, and glut yourselves with my flesh?

Job 21:18
They shall be as chaff before the face of the wind, and as ashes which the whirlwind scattereth.

Lexicon
Will You frighten
תַּעֲר֑וֹץ (ta·‘ă·rō·wṣ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6206: To cause to tremble, tremble

a windblown
נִדָּ֣ף (nid·dāp̄)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5086: To shove asunder, disperse

leaf?
הֶעָלֶ֣ה (he·‘ā·leh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5929: A leaf, foliage

Will You chase after
תִּרְדֹּֽף׃ (tir·dōp̄)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute

dry
יָבֵ֣שׁ (yā·ḇêš)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3002: Dry, dried

chaff?
קַ֖שׁ (qaš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7179: Stubble, chaff


Additional Translations
Will You frighten a windblown leaf? Will You chase after dry chaff?Will you break a leaf driven to and fro? and will you pursue the dry stubble?

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

Wilt thou be startled at me, as at a leaf shaken by the wind? or wilt thou set thyself against me as against grass borne upon the breeze?

Wilt thou terrify a driven leaf? and wilt thou pursue dry stubble?

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

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

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

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