The Meaning of Job 5:6 Explained

Job 5:6

KJV: Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

YLT: For sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery.

Darby: For evil cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

ASV: For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

Discover Job 5:6

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 5:6?

MEANING: What does Job 5:6 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 5:6 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 5:6?

What is the context of Job 5:6?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 5:6 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 5:1-27 - The Benefits Of Chastisement

In this chapter Eliphaz closes his first speech. He had already suggested that Job's sufferings were the result of some secret sin. It could not be otherwise according to his philosophy. Affliction and trouble did not come by chance. It was as much a law of nature, so Eliphaz thought, for calamity to follow sin as for sparks to fly upward. However deeply evil men had rooted themselves, they were doomed to be destroyed. Was it not obvious that Job had in some way offended? Let him confess and be restored!

The ideal life which will ensue on a genuine repentance is described in the most thrilling and glowing terms, Job 5:8-17. Each sentence is a priceless jewel, and each has been tested by generations of returning prodigals, for whom each promise has been countersigned by the "Yea" of Christ, 2 Corinthians 1:20. Paul quotes Job 5:13 in 1 Corinthians 3:19. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 5

¹ Eliphaz shows that the end of the wicked is misery;
⁶ that man is born to trouble;
⁸ that God is to be regarded in affliction;
¹⁷ the happy end of God's correction

What do the individual words in Job 5:6 mean?

For not does come from the dust affliction and from the ground nor does spring trouble

כִּ֤י ׀ לֹא־ יֵצֵ֣א מֵעָפָ֣ר אָ֑וֶן וּ֝מֵאֲדָמָ֗ה לֹא־ יִצְמַ֥ח עָמָֽל

יֵצֵ֣א	does come
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: יׄוצֵאת Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
מֵעָפָ֣ר	from the dust
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular Root: עָפָר Sense: dry earth, dust, powder, ashes, earth, ground, mortar, rubbish.
אָ֑וֶן	affliction
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: אָוֶן Sense: trouble, wickedness, sorrow.
וּ֝מֵאֲדָמָ֗ה	and from the ground
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular Root: אֲדָמָה Sense: ground, land.
לֹא־	nor
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no.
יִצְמַ֥ח	does spring
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: צָמַח Sense: to sprout, spring up, grow up.
עָמָֽל	trouble
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: עָמָל Sense: .

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