Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
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
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;
Darby Translation
For evil cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
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.
Themes
Interlinear
'aven
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 5:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eliphaz's Response Continues
5
The hungry eat his harvest, and he takes it even out of thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
6
Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:27
had I not feared provocation by the enemy, lest their adversaries should misunderstand, lest they should say, "Our hand is triumphant, it was not the LORD who did all this."'
1 Samuel 6:9
and watch. If it goes up on the way to its own land, to Beth-shemesh, then it is he who has done us this great harm, but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us; it happened to us by coincidence."
Job 34:29
When he is quiet, who can condemn? When he hides his face, who can behold him, whether it be a nation or a man?--
Psalm 90:7
For we are brought to an end by your anger; by your wrath we are dismayed.
Isaiah 45:7
I form light and create darkness, I make well-being and create calamity, I am the LORD, who does all these things.
Lamentations 3:38
Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that good and bad come?
Hosea 10:4
They utter mere words; with empty oaths they make covenants; so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.
Amos 3:6
Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does disaster come to a city, unless the LORD has done it?
Hebrews 12:15
See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no "root of bitterness" springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;