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Read Full Chapter (Job 5) Job 5:6-8 KJV
"Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:"
Job 5:6-8 in Context (Verses 3–11 KJV)
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I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
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His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
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Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
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Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;*
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Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.**
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I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
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Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:**
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Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:*
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To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.