Text -- Job 5:6 (NET)

5:6 For evil does not come up from the dust, nor does trouble spring up from the ground,

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Job 5:6

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.