Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
But a human being is born to trouble, and {they soar aloft} [like] {sparks}.
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.
King James 2000
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
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 Indeed, mischief does not come from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the earth. 7 But a human being is born to trouble, and {they soar aloft} [like] {sparks}. 8 "But I myself will seek God, and to God I would commit my cause.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Job 14:1
"A human being born of a woman [is] short of days and full of troubles.
Genesis 3:17-19
And to Adam he said, "Because you listened to the voice of your wife and you ate from the tree {from which I forbade you to eat}, the ground [shall be] cursed on your account. In pain you shall eat [from] it all the days of your life.
Psalm 90:8-9
You have put our iniquities before you, our hidden [sins] into the light of your countenance.
Ecclesiastes 1:8
All things toil continuously; no one can ever finish describing this. The eye is never satisfied with seeing, and the ear is never filled with hearing.
Ecclesiastes 2:22
For what does a person receive for all his toil and in the longing of his heart with which he toils under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 5:15-17
Just as he came from his mother's womb naked, {he will depart} just as he came; he will take nothing with him for his toil.
1 Corinthians 10:13
Temptation has not come upon you except [what is] common to humanity. But God [is] faithful, who will not permit you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but will also make a way out together with the temptation, [so that you] may be able to endure [it].