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Job 5:6

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Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
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  1. Isaiah 45:7Rank 1 from verse 6
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    7I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.

  2. 1 Samuel 6:9Rank 2 from verse 6
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    9And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth-shemesh, 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.

  3. Job 34:29Rank 3 from verse 6
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    29When 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:

  4. Psalms 90:7Rank 4 from verse 6
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    7For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.

  5. Amos 3:6Rank 5 from verse 6
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    6Shall 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?

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Job 5:6

COMBINED MEANING

although

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Even though; notwithstanding that; introducing a fact or supposition that does not prevent the main statement.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

forth

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1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

neither

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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

trouble

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Sense 1: Disturbance, affliction, distress, vexation, or difficulty. Sense 2: To disturb, distress, afflict, or inconvenience.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

spring

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1. To rise, emerge, grow, or come forth. 2. A source or outlet of flowing water. 3. The dawn or beginning of day. 4. New growth or shoots that spring from a plant.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ground

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Sense 1: The soil, earth, land, floor, or supporting surface. Sense 2: Figuratively, a basis, support, or foundation. Sense 3: Crushed or reduced to small particles by grinding.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

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

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7Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

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