Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
For man shall be born to labor as the sons of the flame will lift up to fly.
New American Standard Bible
As sparks fly upward.
King James Version
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
Holman Bible
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.
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.
The Emphasized Bible
Though, man, to trouble, were born, as, sparks, on high, do soar,
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
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References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 5:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eliphaz's Response Continues
6 For toil will not come forth from the dust, and labor will not spring up from the earth; 7 For man shall be born to labor as the sons of the flame will lift up to fly. 8 But I will seek to God, and to God set my cause:
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Job 14:1
Man being born of woman is short of days and full of disquiet
Genesis 3:17-19
And to Adam he said, Because thou didst listen to the voice of thy wife, and thou wilt eat from the tree which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat from it; cursed the earth for thy sake; in labor shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Psalm 90:8-9
Thou didst set our iniquities before thee, our hidden things before the light of thy face.
Ecclesiastes 1:8
All words becoming weary; man shall not be able to speak: the eye shall not be satisfied to see, and the ear shall not be filled from hearing.
Ecclesiastes 2:22
For what was to man in all his labor, and in the striving of his heart, he labored under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 5:15-17
According as he came forth from his mother's womb, naked he shall turn back to go as he came, and he shall not take away anything in his labor that shall go in his hand.
1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation except human has taken you and God faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able; but with the temptation will he also make an escape, that ye may be able to bear.