Parallel Verses
King James 2000
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
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.
Julia Smith Translation
For man shall be born to labor as the sons of the flame will lift up to fly.
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 affliction comes not forth from the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground; 7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. 8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
Phrases
Names
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 unto Adam he said, Because you have listened unto the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it: cursed is the ground for your sake; in sorrow shall you eat of it all the days of your life;
Psalm 90:8-9
You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your countenance.
Ecclesiastes 1:8
All things are full of weariness; man cannot express it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Ecclesiastes 2:22
For what has man for all his labor, and for the striving of his heart, with which he has labored 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 from his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.
1 Corinthians 10:13
There has no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above that you are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it.