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

biblegateway Job 5:6

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

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

Certainly, sorrow doesn’t come from the soil, and trouble doesn’t sprout from the ground.

biblegateway Job 5:6

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,

bibleoremus Job 5:6

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

Mischief does not grow out of the ground, nor does trouble spring from the soil;

biblegateway Job 5:6

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

Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of 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.