Parallel Verses

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;

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.

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 The hungry shall eat up his harvest, and even take it out from among the thorns, and the thirsty shall drink up their substance. 6 “For affliction does not come from the dust,
Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
7 yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:27

if I did not fear the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should become vain and lest they should say, Our high hand has done this and not the LORD.

1 Samuel 6:9

And see if it goes up by the way of his own border to Bethshemesh, then he has done us this great evil, but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was an accident that happened to us.

Job 34:29

When he gives rest, who then can make trouble? If he hides his face, who then can behold him? This applies to a nation and the same to a man,

Psalm 90:7

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

Isaiah 45:7

I form the light and create darkness; I make peace and create evil: I am the LORD that does all this.

Lamentations 3:38

Mem Out of the mouth of the most High proceeds not evil and good?

Hosea 10:4

They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment shall spring up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

Amos 3:6

Shall the shofar be blown in the city and the people not be afraid? Shall there be any evil in the city which the LORD has not done?

Hebrews 12:15

looking diligently that no one deviate from the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up impede you, and thereby many be defiled,

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