Parallel Verses

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.

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

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 Affliction does not come from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground. 7 For man is born for trouble,
As sparks fly upward.
8 As for me, I would seek God's help and present my case to him.

Cross References

Job 14:1

Man born of woman, lives a short life that is full of trouble.

Genesis 3:17-19

He said to Adam: Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat of it,' cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

Psalm 90:8-9

You set our sins in front of you. You put our secret sins in the light of your presence.

Ecclesiastes 1:8

All things are wearisome; man is not able to tell. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

Ecclesiastes 2:22

What does a man get for all his work, and for the desire of his heart with which he has done his work under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 5:15-17

We entered this world with nothing and naked and we will leave this world with nothing and naked.

1 Corinthians 10:13

No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to man. God is faithful and he will not allow you to be tempted beyond your limits. He will make a way out, that you will be able to endure it.

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