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Job 5:6

Job 5:6
Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust,.... Or rather, "for" or "indeed" (y), this being a reason showing that…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust - Margin, “or iniquity.” The marginal reading here has been inserted…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 5:6-16

Eliphaz, having touched Job in a very tender part, in mentioning both the loss of his estate and the death of his…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921Job 5:6-7

Eliphaz now sums up into an aphorism the great general principle which he seeks to illustrate in this section of his…