Job 5:6

For sorrow, cometh not forth out of the dust,—nor, out of the ground, sprouteth trouble.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5Whose harvest, the hungry, eateth up, and, even out of thorn hedges, he taketh it, and the snare gapeth for their substance.

7Though, man, to trouble, were born, as, sparks, on high, do soar,

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Cross References

1 Samuel 6:9Then shall ye look—if, by the way of its own boundary, it goeth up to Beth-shemesh, he, it was who caused us this great affliction,—but, if not, then shall we know that it was not, his hand, that smote us, a chance, it was, that befell us.

Psalms 90:7For we are consumed in thine anger, And, in thy wrath, are we dismayed;

Lamentations 3:38Out of the mouth of the Most High, Proceed there not misfortunes and blessing?

Amos 3:6Or a horn be blown in a city, and, a people, not tremble? Or calamity happen in a city, and, Yahweh, not have wrought with effect?

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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