Job 5:6

For evil does not come up from the dust, ¹  nor does trouble spring up from the ground,

biblegateway Job 5:6

For hardship does not spring from the soil, nor does trouble sprout from the ground.

biblegateway Job 5:6

"For affliction does not come from the dust, Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,

biblegateway Job 5:6

But evil does not spring from the soil, and trouble does not sprout from the earth.

biblegateway Job 5:6

Don't blame fate when things go wrong--trouble doesn't come from nowhere.

SABDAweb Job 5:6

For evil does not come out of the dust, or trouble out of the earth;

bibleoremus Job 5:6

For misery does not come from the earth, nor does trouble sprout from the ground;

biblegateway Job 5:6

For affliction does not come from the dust, Nor does trouble spring from the ground;

biblegateway Job 5:6

For evil does not come up from the dust, ¹  nor does trouble spring up from the ground,

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.