Job 5:7
but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
In Context
6For affliction does not come forth from the dust, nor does trouble spring out of the ground,
8But as for me, I would seek to God. And to God I would commit my cause,
Cross References
Genesis 3:17And to Adam he said, Because thou have hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shall not eat of it, cursed is the ground for thy sake. In toil thou shall eat of it all
Psalms 90:8Thou have set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
Ecclesiastes 1:8All things are full of weariness, man cannot utter [it]. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Ecclesiastes 2:23For all his days are [but] sorrows, and his travail is grief, yea, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.
1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has taken you except is common to man. But God is faithful who will not allow you to be tempted above what ye are able, but with the temptation will also make the way to escape, to enable you to endure.
Matthew Henry on Job 5:7-17
6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth 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: 9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: 11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. 12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their… Read the whole commentary →