Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

Though, man, to trouble, were born, as, sparks, on high, do soar,

New American Standard Bible

For man is born for trouble,
As sparks fly upward.

King James Version

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

Holman 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."

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“For man is born for trouble,
[As naturally] as sparks fly upward.

Bible in Basic English

But trouble is man's fate from birth, as the flames go up from the fire.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

For man shall be born to labor as the sons of the flame will lift up to fly.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

But a human being is born to trouble, and {they soar aloft} [like] {sparks}.

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

but it is man, that is born unto misery, like as the sparks fly up out of the hot coals.

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

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

Webster

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

is born
ילד 
Yalad 
Usage: 497

fly
עוּף 
`uwph 
Usage: 28

References

Easton

Context Readings

Eliphaz's Response Continues

6 For sorrow, cometh not forth out of the dust, - nor, out of the ground, sprouteth trouble. 7 Though, man, to trouble, were born, as, sparks, on high, do soar, 8 Yet indeed, I, would seek unto El, and, unto Elohim, would I set forth any cause: -

Cross References

Job 14:1

Man that is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble:

Genesis 3:17-19

And, to the man, he said, Because thou didst hearken to the voice of thy wife, and so didst eat of the tree as to which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it, Accursed be the ground for thy sake, In pain, shalt thou eat of it, all the days of thy life;

Psalm 90:8-9

Thou hast set, Our iniquities before thee, Our secret near the luminary of thy face.

Ecclesiastes 1:8

All words, are weak, unable is any man to tell, - not satisfied is the eye by seeing, nor filled is the ear with hearing.

Ecclesiastes 2:22

For what hath the man for all his toil, and for the striving of his heart, - wherein, he himself, toiled under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 5:15-17

As he came from his mother's womb, naked, he again departeth, as he came, - and, nothing, can he take of his toil, which he can carry in his hand.

1 Corinthians 10:13

Trial, hath not taken you, save such as man can bear; faithful, moreover is God, who will not suffer you to be tried above what ye are able, but will make, with the trial, also the way of escape, that ye may be able to hold out.

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