Holy Scripture
Job 21:18
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“Ver. 18. They shall be as chaff before the wind, and as ashes that the storm scattereth. 56. When the wicked man is seen in power, when he is utterly without check or restraint in his acts of oppression and violence, by the imaginations of the weak he is accounted too well ballasted, and as rooted in this world. But w…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
18And they shall be as chaff before the wind, Or as dust which the storm has taken up.
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16For their good things were in their hands, But he regards not the works of the ungodly.
17Nevertheless, the lamp of the ungodly also shall be put out, And destruction shall come upon them, And pangs of vengeance shall seize them.
— Job 21:18 —
19Let his substance fail to supply his children: God shall recompense him, and he shall know it.
20Let his eyes see his own destruction, And let him not be saved by the Lord.