Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Not so the wicked. Instead, [they are] like the chaff that [the] wind scatters.
New American Standard Bible
But they are like
King James Version
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Holman Bible
instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away.
International Standard Version
But this is not the case with the wicked. They are like chaff that the wind blows away.
A Conservative Version
The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
American Standard Version
The wicked are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Amplified
The wicked [those who live in disobedience to God’s law] are not so,
But they are like the chaff [worthless and without substance] which the wind blows away.
Bible in Basic English
The evil-doers are not so; but are like the dust from the grain, which the wind takes away.
Darby Translation
The wicked are not so; but are as the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Julia Smith Translation
Not so the unjust: but as the chaff which the wind shall drive away.
King James 2000
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
Modern King James verseion
The wicked are not so, but are like chaff which the wind drives away.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
As for the ungodly, it is not so with them: but they are like the chaff, which the wind scattereth away from the face of the earth.
NET Bible
Not so with the wicked! Instead they are like wind-driven chaff.
New Heart English Bible
The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
The Emphasized Bible
Not so, the lawless, - but as chaff which is driven about by the wind:
Webster
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
World English Bible
The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
Youngs Literal Translation
Not so the wicked: But -- as chaff that wind driveth away!
Themes
Wicked people » Compared with » Chaff
The wicked » Compared to chaff
Wicked, the, are compared to » Chaff
Wind » Illustrative » (chaff or stubble before,) of the wicked
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 1:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Ways Of The Righteous And The Wicked
3 And so, he is like a tree planted by streams of water that gives its fruit in its season; its leaf also does not wither. Therefore all that he does prospers. 4 Not so the wicked. Instead, [they are] like the chaff that [the] wind scatters. 5 Therefore [the] wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of [the] righteous;
Cross References
Job 21:18
[How often] are they like straw {before} the wind, and like chaff that [the] storm carries away?
Isaiah 17:13
[The] nations roar like [the] roar of many waters, but he will rebuke him, and he will flee far away. And they are chased like chaff of [the] mountains before [the] wind and like tumbleweed before [the] storm.
Psalm 35:5
Let them be like chaff before [the] wind, with the angel of Yahweh {driving them}.
Isaiah 29:5
But the multitude of your strangers shall be like fine dust, and [the] multitude of tyrants like chaff that passes by. And it will happen [in] an instant, suddenly.
Hosea 13:3
Therefore, they will be like the morning cloud, and like [the] dew of early morning going [away], like chaff swirling from [the] threshing floor, or like smoke from a window.
Matthew 3:12
His winnowing shovel [is] in his hand, and he will clean out his threshing floor and will gather his wheat into the storehouse, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire."