Job 5:6
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 5:6 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 5:6 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; affliction: or, iniquit..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 5:6 — KJV
“Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; affliction: or, iniquity”
— Job 5:6 (KJV)
Job 5:6 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 5:6
“For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him. neither...: or, because God hath not taken away his life, he hath also devised means, etc”
Shares key themes with Job 5:6: neither, doth, ground
“They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.”
Shares key themes with Job 5:6: forth, trouble, spring
“For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life. although they...: Heb. though their life were yet among the living in the...: or, whose life is in his iniquity the iniquity: Heb. his iniquity”
Shares key themes with Job 5:6: although, neither, iniquity
“He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,”
Shares key themes with Job 5:6: forth, neither, iniquity
“For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.”
Shares key themes with Job 5:6: forth, neither, doth
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