Job 5:7
Strong's Lexicon
Yet
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since 1a) that 1a1) yea, indeed 1b) when (of time) 1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force) 1c) because, since (causal connection) 1d) but (after negative) 1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if 1f) but rather, but 1g) except that 1h) only, nevertheless 1i) surely 1j) that is 1k) but if 1l) for though 1m) forasmuch as, for therefore

man
אָ֭דָם (’ā·ḏām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 120: 1) man, mankind 1a) man, human being 1b) man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT) 1c) Adam, first man 1d) city in Jordan valley

is born
יוּלָּ֑ד (yūl·lāḏ)
Verb - QalPass - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3205: 1) to bear, bringforth, beget, gender, travail 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bear, bring forth 1a1a) of child birth 1a1b) of distress (simile) 1a1c) of wicked (behaviour) 1a2) to beget 1b) (Niphal) to be born 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to cause or help to bring forth 1c2) to assist or tend as a midwife 1c3) midwife (participle) 1d) (Pual) to be born 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to beget (a child) 1e2) to bear (fig. -of wicked bringing forth iniquity) 1f) (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive) 1g) (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree)

to trouble
לְעָמָ֣ל (lə·‘ā·māl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5999: 1) toil, trouble, labour 1a) trouble 1b) trouble, mischief 1c) toil, labour

as surely as sparks
וּבְנֵי־ (ū·ḇə·nê-)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group 1a) son, male child 1b) grandson 1c) children (pl. - male and female) 1d) youth, young men (pl.) 1e) young (of animals) 1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels] 1g) people (of a nation) (pl.) 1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.) 1i) a member of a guild, order, class

רֶ֝֗שֶׁף (re·šep̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7565: 1) flame, firebolt, spark 1a) flame 1b) fire-bolt

fly
עֽוּף׃ (‘ūp̄)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 5774: v 1) to fly, fly about, fly away 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to fly, hover 1a2) to fly away 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to fly, light upon 1c) (Polel) 1c1) to fly about or to and fro 1c2) to cause to fly to and fro, brandish 1d) (Hithpolel) to fly away 2) (Qal) to cover, be dark n f 3) gloom

upward.
יַגְבִּ֥יהוּ (yaḡ·bî·hū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1361: 1) to be high, be exalted 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be high, lofty, tall 1a2) to be exalted 1a3) to be lofty 1a3a) to be lofty (of Jehovah's ways-good sense) 1a3b) to be haughty, be arrogant (bad sense) 1b) (Hiphil) to make high, exalt

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.

Young's Literal Translation
For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But mankind is born for  troubleas surely as sparks fly  upward.

New American Standard Bible
For man is born for trouble, As sparks fly upward.

King James Bible
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
Parallel Verses
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.

New American Standard Bible
For man is born for trouble, As sparks fly upward.

King James Bible
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But mankind is born for trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.

International Standard Version
But mankind is born headed for trouble, just as sparks soar skyward."

NET Bible
but people are born to trouble, as surely as the sparks fly upward.

American Standard Version
But man is born unto trouble, As the sparks fly upward.

English Revised Version
But man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

Young's Literal Translation
For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly.
















Cross References
Genesis 3:17
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;

Job 7:1
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?

Job 14:1
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

Ecclesiastes 2:23
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

Jeremiah 20:18
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 5:6
Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

Job 5:5
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

Job 5:4
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

Job 5:8
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

Job 5:9
Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
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