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Job 5:6

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Don’t blame fate when things go wrong—

trouble doesn’t come from nowhere.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

For affliction does not come from the dust,

nor does trouble sprout from the ground,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For hardship does not spring from the soil,

nor does trouble sprout from the ground.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For distress does not grow out of the soil,

and trouble does not sprout from the ground.

NLTNew Living Translation

But evil does not spring from the soil,

and trouble does not sprout from the earth.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Indeed, mischief does not come from the dust,

and trouble does not sprout from the earth.

KJV 1900King James Version

Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust,

Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;