Job 5:6 · KJV
“Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; {affliction: or, iniquity}”
— Job 5:6
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. {trouble: or, labour} {sparks...: Heb. the sons of the burning coal lift up to fly}
Job 5 — Context
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither {is there} any to deliver {them}.
5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
6Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; {affliction: or, iniquity}
7Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. {trouble: or, labour} {sparks...: Heb. the sons of the burning coal lift up to fly}
8I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
Cross References
Isaiah 45:7
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these {things}.
1 Samuel 6:9
And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, {then} he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that {it is} not his hand {that} smote us: it {was} a chance {that} happened to us. {he: or, it}
Psalms 90:7
For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
Job 34:29
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth {his} face, who then can behold him? whether {it be done} against a nation, or against a man only:
Lamentations 3:38
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
Deuteronomy 32:27
Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, {and} lest they should say, Our hand {is} high, and the LORD hath not done all this. {Our...: or, Our high hand, and not the LORD hath done}
Hebrews 12:15
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble {you}, and thereby many be defiled; {fail...; or, fall from}
Amos 3:6
Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done {it}? {be afraid: or, run together?} {the LORD...: or, shall not the LORD do somewhat?}