Parallel Verses
NET Bible
but people are born to trouble, as surely 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.
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.
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 evil does not come up from the dust, nor does trouble spring up from the ground, 7 but people are born to trouble, as surely as the sparks fly upward. 8 "But as for me, I would seek God, and to God I would set forth my case.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Job 14:1
"Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble.
Genesis 3:17-19
But to Adam he said, "Because you obeyed your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat from it,' cursed is the ground thanks to you; in painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
Psalm 90:8-9
You are aware of our sins; you even know about our hidden sins.
Ecclesiastes 1:8
All this monotony is tiresome; no one can bear to describe it: The eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor is the ear ever content with hearing.
Ecclesiastes 2:22
What does a man acquire from all his labor and from the anxiety that accompanies his toil on earth?
Ecclesiastes 5:15-17
Just as he came forth from his mother's womb, naked will he return as he came, and he will take nothing in his hand that he may carry away from his toil.
1 Corinthians 10:13
No trial has overtaken you that is not faced by others. And God is faithful: He will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, but with the trial will also provide a way out so that you may be able to endure it.