Job 13:25
Modern Translations
New International Version
Will you torment a windblown leaf? Will you chase after dry chaff?

New Living Translation
Would you terrify a leaf blown by the wind? Would you chase dry straw?

English Standard Version
Will you frighten a driven leaf and pursue dry chaff?

Berean Study Bible
Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff?

New American Standard Bible
“Will You scare away a scattered leaf? Or will You pursue the dry chaff?

NASB 1995
"Will You cause a driven leaf to tremble? Or will You pursue the dry chaff?

NASB 1977
“Wilt Thou cause a driven leaf to tremble? Or wilt Thou pursue the dry chaff?

Amplified Bible
“Will You cause a windblown leaf to tremble? Will You pursue the chaff of the dry stubble?

Christian Standard Bible
Will you frighten a wind-driven leaf? Will you chase after dry straw?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Will You frighten a wind-driven leaf? Will You chase after dry straw?

Contemporary English Version
Do you really enjoy frightening a fallen leaf?

Good News Translation
Are you trying to frighten me? I'm nothing but a leaf; you are attacking a piece of dry straw.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Are you trying to make a fluttering leaf tremble or trying to chase dry husks?

International Standard Version
Are you a god who would make a leaf tremble or who would prosecute a dry straw?

NET Bible
Do you wish to torment a windblown leaf and chase after dry chaff?
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

New King James Version
Will You frighten a leaf driven to and fro? And will You pursue dry stubble?

King James 2000 Bible
Will you break a leaf driven to and fro? and will you pursue the dry stubble?

New Heart English Bible
Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble?

World English Bible
Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble?

American King James Version
Will you break a leaf driven to and fro? and will you pursue the dry stubble?

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

A Faithful Version
Will You terrify a leaf driven to and fro? Will You pursue the dry stubble?

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

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

Webster's Bible Translation
Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Wilt thou breake a leafe driuen to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the drie stubble?

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Wylt thou breake a leafe driuen to and fro, and wilt thou pursue the drye stubble?

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Wilt thou be so cruell & extreme vnto a flyenge leaf, and folowe vpon drye stubble?
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Do You terrify a leaf driven away? And do You pursue the dry stubble?

Young's Literal Translation
A leaf driven away dost Thou terrify? And the dry stubble dost Thou pursue?

Smith's Literal Translation
Wilt thou terrify the scattered leaf? and wilt thou pursue the dry straw?

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Against a leaf, that is carried away with the wind, thou shewest thy power, and thou pursuest a dry straw.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Against a leaf, which is carried away by the wind, you reveal your power, and you pursue dry straw.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Do you trample a dry leaf that falls, or do you chase a dry blade of grass?

Lamsa Bible
Wilt thou tread upon a fallen leaf? And wilt thou pursue the dry grass in the air?

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Wilt Thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt Thou pursue the dry stubble?

Brenton Septuagint Translation
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?
















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