Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

For evil cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

New American Standard Bible

“For affliction does not come from the dust,
Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

For distress does not grow out of the soil,
and trouble does not sprout from the ground.

International Standard Version

For wickedness doesn't crop up from dust, nor does trouble sprout out of the ground;

A Conservative Version

For affliction does not come forth from the dust, nor does trouble spring out of the ground,

American Standard Version

For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

Amplified


“For affliction does not come forth from the dust,
Nor does trouble spring forth from the ground.

Bible in Basic English

For evil does not come out of the dust, or trouble out of the earth;

Julia Smith Translation

For toil will not come forth from the dust, and labor will not spring up from the earth;

King James 2000

For affliction comes not forth from the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;

Lexham Expanded Bible

Indeed, mischief does not come from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the earth.

Modern King James verseion

For affliction does not come forth from the dust, nor does trouble spring up out of the ground;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"It is not the earth that bringeth forth travail, neither cometh sorrow out of the ground;

NET Bible

For evil does not come up from the dust, nor does trouble spring up from the ground,

New Heart English Bible

For affliction doesn't come forth from the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;

The Emphasized Bible

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

Webster

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

World English Bible

For affliction doesn't come forth from the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;

Youngs Literal Translation

For sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
יצא 
Yatsa' 
....out, ....forth, bring, come, proceed, go, depart,
Usage: 1068

of the dust
עפר 
`aphar 
Usage: 110

צמח 
Tsamach 
Usage: 33

Context Readings

Eliphaz's Response Continues

5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh even out of the thorns; and the snare gapeth for his substance. 6 For evil cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; 7 For man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upwards.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:27

If I did not fear provocation from the enemy, Lest their adversaries should misunderstand it, Lest they should say, Our hand is high, and Jehovah has not done all this.

1 Samuel 6:9

And see, if it go up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, it is he who has done us this great evil; if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that touched us; it was a chance that happened to us.

Job 34:29

When he giveth quietness, who then will disturb? and when he hideth his face, who shall behold him? and this towards a nation, or towards a man alike;

Psalm 90:7

For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy fury are we troubled.

Isaiah 45:7

forming the light and creating darkness, making peace and creating evil: I, Jehovah, do all these things.

Lamentations 3:38

Out of the mouth of the Most High doth not there proceed evil and good?

Hosea 10:4

They speak mere words, swearing falsely in making a covenant; therefore shall judgment spring up as hemlock in the furrows of the fields.

Amos 3:6

Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil in a city, and Jehovah not have done it?

Hebrews 12:15

watching lest there be any one who lacks the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it;

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