Job 5:6
For miserie commeth not foorth of the dust, neither doeth affliction spring out of the earth.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
In Context
7But man is borne vnto trauaile, as the sparkes flie vpwarde.
Cross References
1 Samuel 6:9And take heede, if it goe vp by the way of his owne coast to Beth-shemesh, it is he that did vs this great euill: but if not, we shall know then, that it is not his hand that smote vs, but it was a chance that happened vs.
Psalms 90:7For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
Lamentations 3:38Out of the mouth of the most high proceedeth not euill and good?
Amos 3:6Or shall a trumpet be blowen in the citie, and the people be not afraide? or shall there be euil in a citie, and the Lord hath 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 →