KJV:
So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
NASB:
So the people scattered through all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
KJV:
And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.
NASB:
"And in the greatness of Your excellence You overthrow those who rise up against You; You send forth Your burning anger, and it consumes them as chaff.
KJV:
Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
NASB:
"Will You cause a driven leaf to tremble? Or will You pursue the dry chaff?
KJV:
The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
NASB:
"The arrow cannot make him flee; Slingstones are turned into stubble for him.
KJV:
Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
NASB:
"Clubs are regarded as stubble; He laughs at the rattling of the javelin.
KJV:
O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
NASB:
O my God, make them like the whirling dust, Like chaff before the wind.
KJV:
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
NASB:
Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes stubble And dry grass collapses into the flame, So their root will become like rot and their blossom blow away as dust; For they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
KJV:
Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.
NASB:
"You have conceived chaff, you will give birth to stubble; My breath will consume you like a fire.
KJV:
Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
NASB:
Scarcely have they been planted, Scarcely have they been sown, Scarcely has their stock taken root in the earth, But He merely blows on them, and they wither, And the storm carries them away like stubble.
KJV:
Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
NASB:
"Who has aroused one from the east Whom He calls in righteousness to His feet? He delivers up nations before him And subdues kings. He makes them like dust with his sword, As the wind-driven chaff with his bow.