Job 5:6

Although affliction springeth not forth of the aphar (dust), 1 neither doth amal (trouble, tzoros) sprout out of the adamah; 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5Whose katzir (harvest) the hungry eateth up, 1 and taketh it even from among of the tzinnim (thorns), 1 and the intriguer pants after their wealth. 1

7Yet adam is born unto amal (trouble, tzoros), 1 even as sparks fly upward. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 6:9And see: if it + 6:9 the Aron Hashem goeth up by the derech of its own territory + 6:9 i.e., Eretz Yisroel toward Beit-Shemesh, then He hath done us this ra'ah hagedolah (great disaster); but if not, then we shall know that it is not His Yad that struck us; the evil came upon us mikreh (by chance, by accident).

Psalms 90:7For we are consumed by Thine anger, 1 and by Thy chemah are we troubled. 1

Lamentations 3:38Out of the mouth of Elyon proceedeth not 1 hara'ot (the woe) and hatov (the good)? 1

Amos 3:6Shall a shofar be blown in the city, 1 and the people not be afraid? 1 Shall there be disaster in a city, 1 and Hashem hath not caused it? 1

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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