King James Version
Job 5:6 in the King James Version says “Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; affliction: or, iniquit...” — study this verse from Job chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; affliction: or, iniquity”
Job 5:6 · KJV
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; affliction: or, iniquity
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
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“cometh not forth”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“Although affliction”
H205strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“neither doth trouble”
H5999toil, i.e., wearing effort; hence, worry, whether of body or mind
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