For evil does not come up from the dust, nor does trouble spring up from the ground,

祸患原不是从土中出来；患难也不是从地里发生。

因为祸患不是从尘土中出来，患难也不是从土地里长出。

因为祸患不是从尘土中出来，患难也不是从土地里长出。

苦难并非从土里长出，患难并非从地里生出。

患难不从土中生出来，劳碌不由地里长出来；

禍患原不是從土中出來；患難也不是從地裏發生。

因為禍患不是從塵土中出來，患難也不是從土地裏長出。

因為禍患不是從塵土中出來，患難也不是從土地裏長出。

苦難並非從土裡長出，患難並非從地裡生出。

患難不從土中生出來，勞碌不由地裡長出來；

因為禍患並非從塵土中出，苦難也不是從土地裏生起的；

禍非自土而生、災非自地而發、

患害之至、非若平地而生草萊、

禍患非自土而生、災害非自地而長、

For hardship does not spring from the soil, nor does trouble sprout from the ground.

Hard times don’t just grow out of the soil. Trouble doesn’t jump out of the ground.

For affliction does not come from the dust, nor does trouble sprout from the ground,

But evil does not spring from the soil, and trouble does not sprout from the earth.

For distress does not grow out of the soil, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.

For disaster does not come from the dust, Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,

For affliction does not come from the dust, Nor does trouble spring from the ground;

For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

For distress does not grow out of the soil, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.

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

For affliction doesn’t come out of the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;

But I fear the reaction of their enemies, for their adversaries would misunderstand and say,“ Our power is great, and the LORD has not done all this!”’

Yes, we are consumed by your anger; we are terrified by your wrath.

If an alarm sounds in a city, do people not fear? If disaster overtakes a city, is the LORD not responsible?

Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that everything comes– both calamity and blessing?

I am the one who forms light and creates darkness; the one who brings about peace and creates calamity. I am the LORD, who accomplishes all these things.

But if God is quiet, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, then who can see him? Yet he is over the individual and the nation alike,

See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, that no one be like a bitter root springing up and causing trouble, and through him many become defiled.

They utter empty words, taking false oaths and making empty agreements. Therefore legal disputes sprout up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a plowed field.

But keep an eye on it. If it should go up by the way of its own border to Beth Shemesh, then he has brought this great calamity on us. But if that is not the case, then we will know that it was not his hand that struck us; rather, it just happened to us by accident.”