Job 5:7
Man is born to labor, and the bird to fly.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
In Context
6Nothing on earth occurs without a reason, and sorrow does not rise from the earth.
8Therefore, because of this, I will beg the Lord, and place my eloquence before God.
Cross References
Genesis 3:17Yet truly, to Adam, he said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree, from which I instructed you that you should not eat, cursed is the land that you work. In hardship shall you eat from it, all the days of your life.
Psalms 90:8So then, truly, you will consider with your eyes, and you will see the retribution of sinners.
Ecclesiastes 1:8Such things are difficult; man is not able to explain them with words. The eye is not satisfied by seeing, nor is the ear fulfilled by hearing.
Ecclesiastes 2:23All his days have been filled with sorrows and hardships; neither does he rest his mind, even in the night. And is this not emptiness?
1 Corinthians 10:13Temptation should not take hold of you, except what is human. For God is faithful, and he will not permit you to be tempted beyond your ability. Instead, he will effect his Providence, even during temptation, so that you may be able to bear it.
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 →