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title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/job/5.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />For hardship does not spring from the soil, nor does trouble sprout from the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/5.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />But evil does not spring from the soil, and trouble does not sprout from the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For affliction does not come from the dust, nor does trouble sprout from the ground,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For affliction does not come from the dust, Nor does trouble spring from the ground;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“For disaster does not come from the dust, Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220For affliction does not come from the dust, Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“For affliction does not come from the dust, Neither does trouble sprout from the ground,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For wickedness does not come out from the dust, Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“For affliction does not come forth from the dust, Nor does trouble spring forth from the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For distress does not grow out of the soil, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For distress does not grow out of the soil, and trouble does not sprout from the ground. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Our suffering isn't caused by the failure of crops; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Certainly, sorrow doesn't come from the soil, and trouble doesn't sprout from the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Evil does not grow in the soil, nor does trouble grow out of the ground. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />For wickedness doesn't crop up from dust, nor does trouble sprout out of the ground;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For evil does not come up from the dust, nor does trouble spring up from the ground, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For affliction doesn't come forth from the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Although affliction cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For affliction doesn’t come out of the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground; <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For sorrow does not come forth from the dust, "" Nor does misery spring up from the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For toil will not come forth from the dust, and labor will not spring up from the earth;<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Nothing upon earth is done without a voice cause, and sorrow doth not spring out of the ground. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Nothing on earth occurs without a reason, and sorrow does not rise from the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For not from dust does mischief come, nor from the soil does trouble sprout. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For misery does not come from the earth, nor does trouble sprout from the ground;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For falsehood does not come forth from the dust, nor does iniquity spring out of the ground;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because falsehood does not come out from the dust, neither does evil spring forth from the ground<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For labour cannot by any means come out of the earth, nor shall trouble spring out of the mountains:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/5-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=701" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/5.htm">Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those who Seek Him</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth. <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/205.htm" title="205: ’ā·wen (N-ms) -- From an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant; strictly nothingness; also trouble. Vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol.">distress</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">does not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: yê·ṣê (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">spring</a> <a href="/hebrew/6083.htm" title="6083: mê·‘ā·p̄ār (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- Dry earth, dust. From aphar; dust; hence, clay, earth, mud.">from the dust,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5999.htm" title="5999: ‘ā·māl (N-ms) -- Trouble, labor, toil. From amal; toil, i.e. Wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. Of body or mind.">and trouble</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">does not</a> <a href="/hebrew/6779.htm" title="6779: yiṣ·maḥ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To sprout, spring up. A primitive root; to sprout.">sprout</a> <a href="/hebrew/127.htm" title="127: ū·mê·’ă·ḏā·māh (Conj-w, Prep-m:: N-fs) -- Ground, land. From 'adam; soil.">from the ground.</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/3-17.htm">Genesis 3:17-19</a></span><br />And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. / Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. / By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/5-12.htm">Romans 5:12</a></span><br />Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/22-8.htm">Proverbs 22:8</a></span><br />He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7-8</a></span><br />Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. / The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/8-7.htm">Hosea 8:7</a></span><br />For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-14.htm">James 1:14-15</a></span><br />But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed. / Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-29.htm">Ecclesiastes 7:29</a></span><br />Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made mankind upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/59-2.htm">Isaiah 59:2</a></span><br />But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-20.htm">Romans 8:20-22</a></span><br />For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope / that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. / We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/4-18.htm">Jeremiah 4:18</a></span><br />“Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-21.htm">1 Corinthians 15:21-22</a></span><br />For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. / For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/51-5.htm">Psalm 51:5</a></span><br />Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-19.htm">Matthew 15:19</a></span><br />For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/48-22.htm">Isaiah 48:22</a></span><br />“There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-23.htm">Romans 3:23</a></span><br />for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Although affliction comes not forth of the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;</p><p class="hdg">affliction.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/34-29.htm">Job 34:29</a></b></br> When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth <i>his</i> face, who then can behold him? whether <i>it be done</i> against a nation, or against a man only:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-27.htm">Deuteronomy 32:27</a></b></br> Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, <i>and</i> lest they should say, Our hand <i>is</i> high, and the LORD hath not done all this.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/6-9.htm">1 Samuel 6:9</a></b></br> And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, <i>then</i> he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that <i>it is</i> not his hand <i>that</i> smote us; it <i>was</i> a chance <i>that</i> happened to us.</p><p class="hdg">spring out.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/10-4.htm">Hosea 10:4</a></b></br> They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/12-15.htm">Hebrews 12:15</a></b></br> Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble <i>you</i>, and thereby many be defiled;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/nehemiah/9-9.htm">Affliction</a> <a href="/job/2-3.htm">Although</a> <a href="/job/4-19.htm">Dust</a> <a href="/job/4-19.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/job/4-8.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/job/3-11.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/job/3-16.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-18.htm">Hardship</a> <a href="/job/4-8.htm">Misery</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/26-10.htm">Soil</a> <a href="/job/3-24.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/job/5-5.htm">Spring</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-29.htm">Springeth</a> <a href="/numbers/17-5.htm">Sprout</a> <a href="/job/4-14.htm">Trouble</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/10-15.htm">Affliction</a> <a href="/job/9-21.htm">Although</a> <a href="/job/7-5.htm">Dust</a> <a href="/job/5-10.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/job/5-19.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/job/8-10.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/job/14-8.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/job/10-17.htm">Hardship</a> <a href="/job/5-7.htm">Misery</a> <a href="/job/8-19.htm">Soil</a> <a href="/job/6-10.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/job/8-19.htm">Spring</a> <a href="/psalms/85-11.htm">Springeth</a> <a href="/job/8-16.htm">Sprout</a> <a href="/job/5-7.htm">Trouble</a><div class="vheading2">Job 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/5-1.htm">Eliphaz shows that the end of the wicked is misery;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/5-6.htm">that man is born to trouble;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/5-8.htm">that God is to be regarded in affliction;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/5-17.htm">the happy end of God's correction.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>For distress does not spring from the dust</b><br>This phrase suggests that distress and suffering are not random occurrences that arise from the earth itself. In the context of the Book of Job, this reflects the belief that human suffering is not a natural phenomenon but is often a result of divine will or human actions. The imagery of "dust" can be connected to <a href="/genesis/3-19.htm">Genesis 3:19</a>, where humanity is reminded of their mortality and origin from dust, emphasizing the transient nature of life. Theologically, this can be seen as a reminder that suffering has a purpose or reason beyond mere chance, aligning with the broader biblical narrative that God is sovereign over all circumstances.<p><b>and trouble does not sprout from the ground</b><br>This phrase reinforces the idea that trouble is not an inherent part of the natural world but is instead linked to moral and spiritual realities. The metaphor of "sprouting" suggests growth and development, indicating that trouble has a source beyond the physical realm. In the cultural context of the ancient Near East, where agriculture was central, the imagery of sprouting would resonate with the audience, who understood that crops (and by extension, troubles) require specific conditions to grow. This can be connected to the concept of sowing and reaping found in <a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7-8</a>, where actions have consequences. Theologically, it points to the idea that human sin and the fallen state of the world contribute to the presence of trouble, yet it also opens the door to the hope of redemption and restoration through divine intervention.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, experiencing intense suffering and seeking understanding.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/eliphaz_the_temanite.htm">Eliphaz the Temanite</a></b><br>One of Job's three friends who comes to comfort him. Eliphaz is the speaker in <a href="/job/5-6.htm">Job 5:6</a>, offering his perspective on suffering and divine justice.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/teman.htm">Teman</a></b><br>A region in Edom, known for its wise men. Eliphaz, being a Temanite, is considered to be a man of wisdom and understanding.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/suffering_and_distress.htm">Suffering and Distress</a></b><br>The broader context of Job's trials, which include loss of wealth, family, and health, serving as a backdrop for the discussions on the nature of suffering.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/theodicy.htm">Theodicy</a></b><br>The theme of divine justice and the righteousness of God in the face of human suffering, which is a central issue in the Book of Job.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_the_source_of_suffering.htm">Understanding the Source of Suffering</a></b><br>Suffering is not random; it has a cause rooted in the fallen nature of the world and human sinfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_divine_justice.htm">The Role of Divine Justice</a></b><br>God’s justice is perfect, and while we may not always understand His ways, we can trust that He is sovereign over all circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_wisdom_in_suffering.htm">The Importance of Wisdom in Suffering</a></b><br>Like Eliphaz, we should seek wisdom and understanding when facing or addressing suffering, but also recognize the limitations of human wisdom.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/compassionate_support.htm">Compassionate Support</a></b><br>When comforting others, it is crucial to balance truth with compassion, avoiding assumptions about the reasons for their suffering.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_sovereignty.htm">Trust in God’s Sovereignty</a></b><br>In times of distress, believers are called to trust in God’s ultimate plan and purpose, even when the reasons for suffering are not immediately clear.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_job_5_6-7_align_with_science.htm">In Job 5:6–7, how can the statement that affliction does not arise from the ground align with modern scientific understanding of natural disasters? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_compassion_and_forgiveness.htm">What does the Bible say about chronic pain?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_some_prayers_go_unanswered.htm">Why does Psalm 34:17-18 promise God hears and delivers the righteous but seem to conflict with other passages describing unanswered prayers?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_god_permit_satan_to_test_job.htm">Why did God permit Satan to test Job?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6, 7) <span class= "bld">Although affliction. . . .</span>--These two verses are confessedly very difficult. It is hard to see also the connection between sparks flying upwards and man's being born to trouble. It seems to give better sense if we understand Eliphaz comparing man's lot as prepared for him by God with his own pride and presumptuous ambition. Man is born to labour, but, like sparks of fire, he makes high his flight. Trouble and toil is no accidental growth, but a lot appointed by God, which would be beneficial if man did not thwart it by his own pride. They lift themselves up and soar on high like sparks of fire with daring and presumptuous conduct, and so bring on themselves condign punishment. The same word means <span class= "ital">trouble </span>and <span class= "ital">toil, </span>and it may be understood in the two consecutive verses in these cognate, but slightly different, senses. It would be no consolation to Job to tell him that man was born to trouble; besides, it is a sentiment more likely to proceed from the patient himself than from the spectator.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground</span>. There is a tacit reference to what was said in <a href="/job/4-8.htm">Job 4:8</a>. Affliction and trouble are not chance products of spontaneous growth. They only spring up when men have prepared the ground for them, and planted in it an evil seed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/5-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֤י ׀</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">distress</span><br /><span class="heb">אָ֑וֶן</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·wen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_205.htm">Strong's 205: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strictly nothingness, trouble, vanity, wickedness, an idol</span><br /><br /><span class="word">does not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">spring</span><br /><span class="heb">יֵצֵ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(yê·ṣê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the dust,</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵעָפָ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(mê·‘ā·p̄ār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6083.htm">Strong's 6083: </a> </span><span class="str2">Dust, clay, earth, mud</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and trouble</span><br /><span class="heb">עָמָֽל׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·māl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5999.htm">Strong's 5999: </a> </span><span class="str2">Toil, wearing effort, worry, wheth, of body, mind</span><br /><br /><span class="word">does not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sprout</span><br /><span class="heb">יִצְמַ֥ח</span> <span class="translit">(yiṣ·maḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6779.htm">Strong's 6779: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sprout, spring up</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the ground.</span><br /><span class="heb">וּ֝מֵאֲדָמָ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mê·’ă·ḏā·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_127.htm">Strong's 127: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ground, land</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/5-6.htm">Job 5:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/5-6.htm">Job 5:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/5-6.htm">Job 5:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/5-6.htm">Job 5:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/5-6.htm">Job 5:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/5-6.htm">Job 5:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/5-6.htm">Job 5:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/5-6.htm">Job 5:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/5-6.htm">Job 5:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/5-6.htm">Job 5:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/5-6.htm">OT Poetry: Job 5:6 For affliction doesn't come forth (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/5-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 5:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 5:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/5-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 5:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 5:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>