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Job 5:6-8
International Standard Version
Job 5:6-8
International Standard Version
6 For wickedness doesn’t crop up from dust,
nor does trouble sprout out of the ground;
7 But mankind is born headed for trouble,
just as sparks soar skyward.”
God Can be Trusted in Adversity
8 “Now as for me, I would seek God if I were you;[a]
I would commit my case to God.
Footnotes
- Job 5:8 The Heb. lacks if I were you
Job 5:6-8
New International Version
Job 5:6-8
New International Version
6 For hardship does not spring from the soil,
nor does trouble sprout from the ground.(A)
7 Yet man is born to trouble(B)
as surely as sparks fly upward.
8 “But if I were you, I would appeal to God;
I would lay my cause before him.(C)
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