Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
For wickedness doesn't crop up from dust, nor does trouble sprout out of the ground;
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.
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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 5:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eliphaz's Response Continues
5 Then the hungry will devour his harvest, snatching it even from the midst of thorns, while the thirsty covet their wealth. 6 For wickedness doesn't crop up from dust, nor does trouble sprout out of the ground; 7 But mankind is born headed for trouble, just as sparks soar skyward."
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Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:27
if it weren't for dreading the taunting of their enemies otherwise, their adversary might misinterpret and say, "Our power is great. It isn't the LORD who made all of this happen."'"
1 Samuel 6:9
Keep watching it. If it goes up along the road to its own territory to Beth-shemesh, it's the LORD who has done this great evil to us. But if it does not, then we will know that he wasn't pressuring us. It happened to us as a natural event."
Job 34:29
"If he remains silent, who will condemn him? If he conceals his face, who can see him? He watches over both nation and individual alike,
Psalm 90:7
Indeed, we are consumed by your anger and terrified by your wrath.
Isaiah 45:7
"I form light and create darkness, I make goodness and create disaster. I am the LORD, who does all these things.
Lamentations 3:38
Do not both good and evil things proceed from the mouth of the Most High?
Hosea 10:4
Their word is falsely given as they make their agreements; so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.
Amos 3:6
And when an alarm sounds in the city, the people will tremble, won't they? If there is trouble in a city, the LORD has brought it about, has he not?"
Hebrews 12:15
See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up and causes you trouble, or many of you will become defiled.