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Job 5:6
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For distress does not grow out of the soil,and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
For affliction doesn't come forth from the dust, Neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
For affliction does not come from the dust, nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
For evil does not come up from the dust, nor does trouble spring up from the ground,
"For affliction does not come forth from the dust, Nor does trouble spring forth from the ground.
"For disaster does not come from the dust, Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
For affliction doesn't come forth from the dust, Neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
For miserie commeth not foorth of the dust, neither doeth affliction spring out of the earth.
For wickedness does not come out from the dust,Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
Our suffering isn't caused by the failure of crops;
For misery does not come from the dust or trouble spring from the ground.
For evil cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
Bad times don't come up from the dirt. Trouble does not grow from the ground.
For falsehood does not come forth from the dust, nor does iniquity spring out of the ground;
Evil does not grow in the soil, nor does trouble grow out of the ground.
Indeed, mischief does not come from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the earth.
For affliction does not come forth from the dust, nor does trouble spring up out of the ground;
nether commeth sorow out of ye groude:
For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
For evil does not come out of the dust, or trouble out of the earth;
Neither commeth sorowe out of the ground:
For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
Although affliction commeth not forth of the dust, neither doeth trouble spring out of the ground:
For labour cannot by any means come out of the earth, nor shall trouble spring out of the mountains:
For affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
No thing is doon in erthe with out cause, and sorewe schal not go out of the erthe.
For affliction does not come forth from the dust, Neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
Although affliction cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
For affliction does not come from the dust, Nor does trouble spring from the ground;
But evil does not spring from the soil, and trouble does not sprout from the earth.
For suffering does not come from the dust. Trouble does not grow out of the ground.
For misery does not come from the earth, nor does trouble sprout from the ground;
For sorrow, cometh not forth out of the dust, - nor, out of the ground, sprouteth trouble.
Nothing upon earth is done without a cause, and sorrow doth not spring out of the ground.
For affliction does not come from the dust, nor does trouble sprout from the ground;
For sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery.
"For affliction does not come from the dust, Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
affliction: or, iniquity
trouble: Job 34:29, Deuteronomy 32:27, 1 Samuel 6:9, Psalms 90:7, Isaiah 45:7, Lamentations 3:38, Amos 3:6
spring out: Hosea 10:4, Hebrews 12:15
Reciprocal: Genesis 3:17 - in sorrow Psalms 78:33 - years Micah 6:9 - hear
Cross-References
Seth also had a son, and they named him Enosh. At that time people began to pray to the Lord .
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust,.... Or rather, "for" or "indeed" y, this being a reason showing that wicked men are justly afflicted and punished; seeing their afflictions come not from the creatures, though they may be instruments, but from God for the sins of men: the word for affliction also signifies iniquity or sin, the cause of affliction, as well as affliction the fruit of sin; and so does the word in the following clause; and Aben Ezra understands both, not of natural but moral evil, and so do others z; both senses may be taken in: sin does not come from God, the Maker of the dust of the earth, he is not the author of sin, nor does this spring out of the dust which he has made; good things, as Schmidt observes, come out of the earth for the use of man as well as beasts, bread, and wine, and oil, and all the necessaries of life; the precious things produced by the influence of the sun and moon, the precious things of the everlasting hills, and of the earth, and the fulness of it; indeed, the earth was cursed for the sin of men, but this is taken off; and, however, it is not owing to the soil, or to the air and climate in which a man lives, that he is sinful; for though there may be national vices or some sins peculiar to or more predominant in one nation than in another, yet this is not to be attributed to such causes; for all sin is from a man's self, and proceeds out of his own evil heart, which is desperately wicked and evil continually, and from whence all the impure streams of sin flow, see Matthew 15:19; and so afflictions are not to be ascribed to second causes, such as the things before mentioned, or Job's losses by the Sabeans and Chaldeans; nor did he place them to that account, but to the hand of God; nor to chance and fortune, or to be reckoned fortuitous events, as if they were chance productions, spontaneous things that spring up of themselves, and not under the direction of an all wise Providence; but they are to be considered as of God, and as of his appointment, and directed by his sovereign will and pleasure, and overruled for his glory; who has fixed what they shall be, of what kind and sort, what the measure of them, to what pitch they shall rise, and how long they shall last:
neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; the same thing as before in different words, neither sin, the cause of trouble, the effect of sin; sin may very fitly be expressed by a word a which signifies trouble, because it is both troublesome, wearisome, and offensive to God, and brings trouble to the bodies and souls of men here and hereafter. Here Eliphaz begins to lower the tone of his voice, and to speak to Job in a seemingly more kind and friendly manner, observing to him the spring of afflictions, and giving him advice how to behave under them.
y כי "quia", Pagninus, Montanus; "etenim", Beza, Mercerus; "nam", Piscator, Cocceius, Schmidt, Michaelis, Schultens; so Broughton; "sane", Bolducius. z און "iniquitas", Pagninus, Montanus, Munster, Bolducius, Schmidt, Michaelis; "improbitas", Codurcus. a עמל "perversitas", Pagninus; "improbitas", Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust - Margin, “or iniquity.” The marginal reading here has been inserted from the different meanings attached to the Hebrew word. That word (און 'âven) properly means nothingness, or vanity; then nothingness as to worth, unworthiness, wickedness, iniquity; and then the consequences of iniquity - adversity, calamity, affliction; Psalms 55:4; Proverbs 22:8; Psalms 90:10; Job 15:35. The Septuagint renders it κόπος kopos, “labor,” or “trouble.” The Vulgate, Nihil in terra, sine causa - “there is nothing on the earth without a cause.” The general sense is plain. It is, that afflictions are not to be ascribed to chance, or that they are not without intelligent design. They do not come up like thistles, brambles, and thorns, from the unconscious earth. They have a cause. They are under the direction of God. The object of Eliphaz in the statement is, to show to Job that it was improper to complain, and that he should commit his cause to a God of infinite power and wisdom; Job 5:8 ff. Afflictions, Eliphaz says, could not be avoided. Man was born unto them. He ought to expect them, and when they come, they should be submitted to as ordered by an intelligent, wise, and good Being. This is one true ground of consolation in afflictions. They do not come from the unconscious earth: they do not spring up of themselves. Though it is true that man is born to them, and must expect them, yet it is also true that they are ordered in infinite wisdom, and that they always have a design.
Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground - The Septuagint renders this, “Nor will affliction spring up from the mountains.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 5:6. Affliction cometh not forth of the dust — If there were not an adequate cause, thou couldst not be so grievously afflicted.
Spring out of the ground — It is not from mere natural causes that affliction and trouble come; God's justice inflicts them upon offending man.
