Job 5:6

For wrong doth not come forth out of the dust, neither doth trouble grow up out of the ground;

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5[He it is] whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber snatcheth eagerly after their substance.

7But man is born unto trouble, as young birds take up their flight.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 6:9And then see, if it go up by the way to its own boundary, to Beth-shemesh, then hath he done us this great evil; but if not, then shall we know that not his hand hath smitten us; it is a chance which hath happened to us.

Psalms 90:7For [thus] are we consumed by thy anger, and by thy fury are we terrified.

Lamentations 3:38Do not out of the mouth of the Most High come both the evil things and the good?

Amos 3:6Shall a cornet be blown in a city, and the people not become afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord have not done it?

Matthew Henry on Job 5:2-6

The Address of Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? 2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. 3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. 4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them. 5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. A very… Read the whole commentary →

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