Job 5 · Verse 6

Job 5:6

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

Job 5:6, King James Version

Job 5:6 in other translations

BSB	For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
WEB	For affliction doesn’t come out of the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
ASV	For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
YLT	For sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery.
DARBY	For evil cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
BBE	For evil does not come out of the dust, or trouble out of the earth;
Webster	Although affliction cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

What does Job 5:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

6. Although--rather, "for truly" [Umbreit]. affliction cometh not forth of the dust--like a weed, of its own accord. Eliphaz hints that the cause of it lay with Job himself.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 6 Affliction cometh not forth of the dust - If there were not an adequate cause, thou couldst not be so grievously afflicted. Spring out of the ground - It is not from mere natural causes that affliction and trouble come; God's justice inflicts them upon offending man.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 5:6-16

Eliphaz reminds Job, that no affliction comes by chance, nor is to be placed to second causes. The difference between prosperity and adversity is not so exactly observed, as that between day and night, summer and winter; but it is according to the will and counsel of God. We must not attribute our afflictions to fortune, for they are from God; nor our sins to fate, for they are from ourselves. Man is born in sin, and therefore born to trouble. There is nothing in this world we are born to, and can truly call our own, but sin and trouble. Actual transgressions are sparks that fly out of the furnace of original corruption. Such is the frailty of our bodies, and the vanity of all our enjoyments, that our troubles arise thence as the sparks fly upward; so many are they, and so fast does one follow another. Eliphaz reproves Job for not seeking God, instead of quarrelling with him. Is any afflicted? let him pray. It is heart's ease, a salve for every sore. Eliphaz speaks of rain, which we are apt to look upon as a little thing; but if we consider how it is produced, and what is produced by it, we shall see it to be a great work of power and goodness. Too often the great Author of all our comforts, and the manner in which they are conveyed to us, are not noticed, because they are received as things of course. In the ways of Providence, the experiences of some are encouragements to others, to hope the best in the worst of times; for it is the glory of God to send help to the helpless, and hope to the hopeless. And daring sinners are confounded, and forced to acknowledge the justice of God's proceedings.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Job 5:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּ֤י\׀kiforH3588

לֹא\־lo'-notH3808

יֵצֵ֣אye.Tze'it comes forthH3318

מֵעָפָ֣רme.'a.Farfrom [the] dustH6083

אָ֑וֶן'A.venhardshipH205

וּ֝מֵאֲדָמָ֗הu.me.'a.da.Mahand from [the] groundH127

לֹא\־lo'-notH3808

יִצְמַ֥חyitz.Machit springs upH6779

עָמָֽל\׃'a.MaltroubleH5999

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 5:6

Isaiah 45:7
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
1 Samuel 6:9
And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth–shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.
Psalms 90:7
For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
Job 34:29
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
Hosea 10:4
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
Lamentations 3:38
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
Deuteronomy 32:27
Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this.
Hebrews 12:15
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
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 the Lord hath not done it?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

affliction. or, iniquity. trouble.
34:29; De 32:27; 1Sa 6:9; Ps 90:7; Isa 45:7; La 3:38; Am 3:6
spring out.
Ho 10:4; Heb 12:15

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Context

Job 5:5
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
Job 5:6
Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
Job 5:7
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

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Job 5:6 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Porque la iniquidad no sale del polvo, ni la molestia brota de la tierra.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Car l’affliction ne sort pas de la poussière, et la misère ne germe pas du sol;
German Elberfelder 1871	Denn nicht aus dem Staube geht Unheil hervor, und nicht sproßt Mühsal aus dem Erdboden;
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Nihil in terra sine causa fit, et de humo non oritur dolor.