7But man is born unto trouble, As the sparks fly upward.


In Context

4 His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them:

5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, And taketh it even out of the thorns; And the snare gapeth for their substance.

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

7 But man is born unto trouble, As the sparks fly upward.

8 But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;

9 Who doeth great things and unsearchable, Marvellous things without number:

Job 5:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:7Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:7Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:7Man is born to labour and the bird to fly.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:7For man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upwards.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:7But man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:7Yet man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:7but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:7For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:7Yet man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.