Verse 6
Job 5:6
GOD'S WORD Translation
6
For affliction doesn’t come out of the dust,
neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּ֤י לֹא יֵצֵ֣א מֵ/עָפָ֣ר אָ֑וֶן וּ֝/מֵ/אֲדָמָ֗ה לֹא יִצְמַ֥ח עָמָֽל
English Translation
For from dust wickedness does not come, and from the ground toil does not sprout.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 5 Context
1
“Call now; is there any who will answer you?
To which of the holy ones will you turn?
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2
For resentment kills the foolish man,
and jealousy kills the simple.
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3
I have seen the foolish taking root,
but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
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4
His children are far from safety.
They are crushed in the gate.
Neither is there any to deliver them...
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5
whose harvest the hungry eats up,
and take it even out of the thorns.
The snare gapes for their subs...
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6
For affliction doesn’t come out of the dust,
neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
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but man is born to trouble,
as the sparks fly upward.
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“But as for me, I would seek God (Elohim).
I would commit my cause to God (Elohim),
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9
who does great things that can’t be fathomed,
marvelous things without number;
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10
who gives rain on the earth,
and sends waters on the fields;
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11
so that he sets up on high those who are low,
those who mourn are exalted to safety.
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12
He frustrates the plans of the crafty,
So that their hands can’t perform their enterprise.
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13
He takes the wise in their own craftiness;
the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
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14
They meet with darkness in the day time,
and grope at noonday as in the night.
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15
But he saves from the sword of their mouth,
even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
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16
So the poor has hope,
and injustice shuts her mouth.
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“Behold, happy is the man whom God (Elohim) corrects.
Therefore do not despise the chastening of the...
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18
For he wounds, and binds up.
He injures, and his hands make whole.
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19
He will deliver you in six troubles;
yes, in seven no evil shall touch you.
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In famine he will redeem you from death;
in war, from the power of the sword.
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21
You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue,
neither shall you be afraid of destruction when...
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22
At destruction and famine you shall laugh,
neither shall you be afraid of the animals of the earth.
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23
For you shall be allied with the stones of the field.
The animals of the field shall be at peace wit...
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24
You shall know that your tent is in peace.
You shall visit your fold, and shall miss nothing.
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You shall know also that your offspring shall be great,
Your offspring as the grass of the earth.
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You shall come to your grave in a full age,
like a shock of grain comes in its season.
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Look this, we have searched it, so it is.
Hear it, and know it for your good.”
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