Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward. New Living Translation People are born for trouble as readily as sparks fly up from a fire. English Standard Version but man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward. Berean Standard Bible Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward. King James Bible Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. New King James Version Yet man is born to trouble, As the sparks fly upward. New American Standard Bible For man is born for trouble, As sparks fly upward. NASB 1995 For man is born for trouble, As sparks fly upward. NASB 1977 For man is born for trouble, As sparks fly upward. Legacy Standard Bible For man is born for trouble, As sparks fly upward. Amplified Bible “For man is born for trouble, [As naturally] as sparks fly upward. Christian Standard Bible But humans are born for trouble as surely as sparks fly upward. Holman Christian Standard Bible But mankind is born for trouble as surely as sparks fly upward. American Standard Version But man is born unto trouble, As the sparks fly upward. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Because a son of man is born to trouble, and the offspring of birds to lift up wings Brenton Septuagint Translation yet man is born to labour, and even so the vulture's young seek the high places. Contemporary English Version it's all part of life, like sparks shooting skyward. Douay-Rheims Bible Man is born to labour and the bird to fly. English Revised Version But man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. GOD'S WORD® Translation But a person is born for trouble as surely as sparks fly up [from a fire]. Good News Translation No indeed! We bring trouble on ourselves, as surely as sparks fly up from a fire. International Standard Version But mankind is born headed for trouble, just as sparks soar skyward." JPS Tanakh 1917 But man is born unto trouble, As the sparks fly upward. Literal Standard Version For man is born to misery, | And the sparks go high to fly. Majority Standard Bible Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward. New American Bible Human beings beget mischief as sparks fly upward. NET Bible but people are born to trouble, as surely as the sparks fly upward. New Revised Standard Version but human beings are born to trouble just as sparks fly upward. New Heart English Bible but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward. Webster's Bible Translation Yet man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward. World English Bible but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward. Young's Literal Translation For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly. Additional Translations ... Context Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those who Seek Him…6For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground. 7Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward. 8However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—… Cross References Genesis 3:17 And to Adam He said: "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. Job 7:1 "Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand? Job 14:1 "Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble. Ecclesiastes 2:23 Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile. Jeremiah 20:18 Why did I come out of the womb to see only trouble and sorrow, and to end my days in shame? Treasury of Scripture Yet man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward. man. Job 14:1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. Genesis 3:17-19 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; … Psalm 90:8,9 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance… trouble. Ecclesiastes 1:8 All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. Ecclesiastes 2:22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun? Ecclesiastes 5:15-17 As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand… sparks fly upward. Jump to Previous Birth Born Fate Fire Flames Fly High Misery Sparks Surely Trouble Upward UpwardsJump to Next Birth Born Fate Fire Flames Fly High Misery Sparks Surely Trouble Upward UpwardsJob 5 1. Eliphaz shows that the end of the wicked is misery;6. that man is born to trouble; 8. that God is to be regarded in affliction; 17. the happy end of God's correction. Verse 7. - Yet man is born unto trouble. Yet still, in point of fact, man is born to trouble. He has a corrupt nature, and always sins more or less. Each sin brings him into trouble, since it entails on him a punishment. As the sparks fly upward; literally, the sons of flame. Some suppose "meteoric flashes" to be meant: others suggest, "ignited arrows." But many good Hebraists maintain the rendering of the Authorized Version (see Buxtorf, 'Lexicon,' p. 757; Rosenmuller, 'Scholia,' vol. 5. p. 165; Canon Cook, 'Speaker's Commentary,' vol. 4. p. 34). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Yetכִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction man אָ֭דָם (’ā·ḏām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being is born יוּלָּ֑ד (yūl·lāḏ) Verb - QalPass - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage to trouble לְעָמָ֣ל (lə·‘ā·māl) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5999: Toil, wearing effort, worry, wheth, of body, mind as surely as sparks וּבְנֵי־ (ū·ḇə·nê-) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son fly עֽוּף׃ (‘ūp̄) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 5774: To fly, to faint upward. יַגְבִּ֥יהוּ (yaḡ·bî·hū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 1361: To soar, be lofty, to be haughty Links Job 5:7 NIVJob 5:7 NLT Job 5:7 ESV Job 5:7 NASB Job 5:7 KJV Job 5:7 BibleApps.com Job 5:7 Biblia Paralela Job 5:7 Chinese Bible Job 5:7 French Bible Job 5:7 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 5:7 But man is born to trouble as (Jb) |
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