Job 5:6

For affliction cometh not from the dust, Nor doth trouble spring up from the ground;

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

5His harvest the hungry devour, Carrying it even through the thorns; And a snare gapeth after his substance.

7Behold, man is born to trouble, As the sparks fly upward.

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Cross References

Psalms 90:7For we are consumed by thine anger, And by thy wrath are we destroyed.

Lamentations 3:38Cometh not evil, as well as good, from the mouth of the Most High?

Amos 3:6Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, And the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil upon a city, And Jehovah not have 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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