Evil people are always planning ways\par to do evil and cause trouble.\par They are always planning ways\par to cheat people.”\par
Job 5:6 - Easy To Read Version Bad times don’t come up from the dirt.\par Trouble does not grow from the ground.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For affliction comes not forth from the dust, neither does trouble spring forth out of the ground. American Standard Version (1901) For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; Common English Bible Surely trouble doesn’t come from dust, nor does distress sprout from the ground. Catholic Public Domain Version Nothing on earth occurs without a reason, and sorrow does not rise from the earth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Nothing upon earth is done without a cause, and sorrow doth not spring out of the ground. |
Evil people are always planning ways\par to do evil and cause trouble.\par They are always planning ways\par to cheat people.”\par
But if God decides not to help them,\par then no person can judge God guilty.\par If God hides himself from people,\par then no person can find him.\par God is the ruler over people and nations.\par
I made the light,\par and I made darkness.\par I make peace,\par and I make troubles.\par I am the Lord—\par and I do all these things.\par
They make promises—but they are only telling lies. They don’t keep their promises! They make agreements \{with other countries. God does not like those agreements\}. The judges are like poisonous weeds growing in a plowed field.
You must not cut the crops that grow by themselves after your harvest. You must not gather the grapes from your vines that are not trimmed. The land will have a year of rest.
If a trumpet blows a warning, then the people will surely shake with fear. If trouble comes to a city, then the Lord caused it.
But I know what their enemies would say. The enemy would not understand. They would brag and say, “The Lord did not destroy Israel. We won by our own power!”’
Be careful that no person fails to get God’s grace (kindness). Be careful that no person becomes like a bitter weed growing among you. A person like that can ruin your whole group.
Watch the wagon. If the wagon goes toward Beth Shemesh in Israel’s own land, then the Lord has given us this great sickness. But if the cows do not go straight to Beth Shemesh, then we will know that Israel’s God has not punished us. We will know that our sickness just happened.”