Job 5:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

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

Transliteration

kî not-yēṣēʾ from-ʿāfār ʾāwen û-from-ʾădāmāh not-yiṣmaḥ ʿāmāl

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *yēṣēʾ*: imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it comes forth
• *ʿāfār*: noun, masculine singular - dust/soil
• *ʾāwen*: noun, masculine singular - iniquity/trouble
• *û*: conjunction - and
• *ʾădāmāh*: noun, feminine singular - ground/land/earth
• *yiṣmaḥ*: imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will spring up/sprout
• *ʿāmāl*: noun, masculine singular - trouble/misery/toil

Word Meanings

• *ʿāfār*: dust/soil/earth
• *ʾāwen*: iniquity/trouble/wickedness
• *ʾădāmāh*: ground/earth/land/soil
• *ʿāmāl*: trouble/misery/toil/mischief

Referenced Verses

• Deut 32:27 : 27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.
• 1 Sam 6:9 : 9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us: it was a chance that happened to us.
• Job 34:29 : 29 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
• Ps 90:7 : 7 For we are consumed{H8804)} by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled{H8738)}.
• Isa 45:7 : 7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
• Lam 3:38 : 38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
• Hos 10:4 : 4 They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
• Amos 3:6 : 6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?
• Heb 12:15 : 15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;