Job 5:6 - Compare All Versions

Deildu

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

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

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

For distress does not grow out of the soil, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.

Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground

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

“Call for help, Job, if you think anyone will answer! To which of the holy angels will you turn? The hot temper of a fool eventually kills him, the jealous anger of an idiot does her in. I’ve seen it myself—seen fools putting down roots, and then, suddenly, their houses are cursed. Their children out in the cold, abused and exploited, with no one to stick up for them. Hungry people off the street plunder their harvests, cleaning them out completely, taking thorns and all, insatiable for everything they have. Don’t blame fate when things go wrong— trouble doesn’t come from nowhere. It’s human! Mortals are born and bred for trouble, as certainly as sparks fly upward.

“For disaster does not come from the dust, Nor does trouble sprout from the ground

“For affliction does not come forth from the dust, Nor does trouble spring forth from the ground.

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