Job 5:6 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Certainly, sorrow doesn't come from the soil, and trouble doesn't sprout from the ground.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

ASV:

For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

BBE:

For evil does not come out of the dust, or trouble out of the earth;

DBY:

For evil cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

ERV:

For affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

JPS:

For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

WBS:

Although affliction cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

WEB:

For affliction doesn't come forth from the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;

YLT:

For sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery.

Job 5:6 Cross References

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Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

5:6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, {h} neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
(h) That is, the earth is not the cause of barrenness and man's misery, but his own sin.

WES:

5:6 The dust - It springs not up by merely natural causes, as herbs grow out of the earth: but from God. Eliphaz here begins to change his voice, as if he would atone for the hard words he had spoken.

MHC:

5:6-16 Eliphaz reminds Job, that no affliction comes by chance, nor is to be placed to second causes. The difference between prosperity and adversity is not so exactly observed, as that between day and night, summer and winter; but it is according to the will and counsel of God. We must not attribute our afflictions to fortune, for they are from God; nor our sins to fate, for they are from ourselves. Man is born in sin, and therefore born to trouble. There is nothing in this world we are born to, and can truly call our own, but sin and trouble. Actual transgressions are sparks that fly out of the furnace of original corruption. Such is the frailty of our bodies, and the vanity of all our enjoyments, that our troubles arise thence as the sparks fly upward; so many are they, and so fast does one follow another. Eliphaz reproves Job for not seeking God, instead of quarrelling with him. Is any afflicted? let him pray. It is heart's ease, a salve for every sore. Eliphaz speaks of rain, which we are apt to look upon as a little thing; but if we consider how it is produced, and what is produced by it, we shall see it to be a great work of power and goodness. Too often the great Author of all our comforts, and the manner in which they are conveyed to us, are not noticed, because they are received as things of course. In the ways of Providence, the experiences of some are encouragements to others, to hope the best in the worst of times; for it is the glory of God to send help to the helpless, and hope to the hopeless. And daring sinners are confounded, and forced to acknowledge the justice of God's proceedings.

CONC:

Affliction Although Doesn't Dust Evil Forth Ground Misery Soil Sorrow Spring Springeth Sprout Trouble

Affliction Although Dust Earth Evil Forth Ground Hardship Misery Soil Sorrow Spring Springeth Sprout Trouble

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