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18 How often are they like straw before the wind
    and like chaff that the storm carries away?(A)

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18 How often are they like straw before the wind,
    like chaff(A) swept away(B) by a gale?(C)

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As smoke is driven away, so drive them away;
    as wax melts before the fire,
    let the wicked perish before God.(A)

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May you blow them away like smoke—(A)
    as wax melts(B) before the fire,
    may the wicked perish(C) before God.

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10 and the rich in having been humbled, because the rich will disappear like a flower in the field.(A)

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10 But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower.(A)

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11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the field; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. It is the same way with the rich; in the midst of a busy life, they will wither away.

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11 For the sun rises with scorching heat(A) and withers(B) the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed.(C) In the same way, the rich will fade away even while they go about their business.

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