Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

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

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 consume his harvest,
even taking it out of the thorns.
The thirsty pant for his children’s wealth.
6 For distress does not grow out of the soil,
and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
7 But mankind is born for trouble
as surely as sparks fly upward.


Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:27

if I had not feared insult from the enemy,
or feared that these foes might misunderstand
and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed;
it wasn’t the Lord who did all this.’”

1 Samuel 6:9

Then watch: If it goes up the road to its homeland toward Beth-shemesh, it is the Lord who has made this terrible trouble for us. However, if it doesn’t, we will know that it was not His hand that punished us—it was just something that happened to us by chance.”

Job 34:29

But when God is silent, who can declare Him guilty?
When He hides His face, who can see Him?
Yet He watches over both individuals and nations,

Psalm 90:7

For we are consumed by Your anger;
we are terrified by Your wrath.

Isaiah 45:7

I form light and create darkness,
I make success and create disaster;
I, Yahweh, do all these things.

Lamentations 3:38

Do not both adversity and good
come from the mouth of the Most High?

Hosea 10:4

They speak mere words,
taking false oaths while making covenants.
So lawsuits break out
like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

Amos 3:6

If a ram’s horn is blown in a city,
aren’t people afraid?
If a disaster occurs in a city,
hasn’t the Lord done it?

Hebrews 12:15

Make sure that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up, causing trouble and by it, defiling many.

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