Job 5:6
ContextNET © | For evil does not come up from the dust, 1 nor does trouble spring up from the ground, |
NIV © | For hardship does not spring from the soil, nor does trouble sprout from the ground. |
NASB © | "For affliction does not come from the dust, Nor does trouble sprout from the ground, |
NLT © | But evil does not spring from the soil, and trouble does not sprout from the earth. |
MSG © | Don't blame fate when things go wrong--trouble doesn't come from nowhere. |
BBE © | For evil does not come out of the dust, or trouble out of the earth; |
NRSV © | For misery does not come from the earth, nor does trouble sprout from the ground; |
NKJV © | For affliction does not come from the dust, Nor does trouble spring from the ground; |
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NET © | For evil does not come up from the dust, 1 nor does trouble spring up from the ground, |
NET © Notes |
1 sn The previous discussion shows how trouble rises, namely, from the rebelliousness of the fool. Here Eliphaz simply summarizes the points made with this general principle – trouble does not come from outside man, nor does it come as a part of the natural order, but rather it comes from the evil nature of man. |