Job 5:7
A man is borun to labour, and a brid to fliyt.
Bible (Wycliffe)
In The King James Version
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
In Context
6No thing is doon in erthe with out cause, and sorewe schal not go out of the erthe.
8Wherfor Y schal biseche the Lord, and Y schal sette my speche to my God.
Cross References
Genesis 3:17Sothely God seyde to Adam, For thou herdist the voys of thi wijf, and hast ete of the tree, of which Y comaundide to thee that thou schuldist not ete, the erthe schal be cursid in thi werk; in traueylis thou schalt ete therof in alle daies of thi lijf;
Psalms 90:8Netheles thou schalt biholde with thin iyen; and thou schalt se the yelding of synneris.
Ecclesiastes 1:8Alle thingis ben hard; a man may not declare tho thingis bi word; the iye is not fillid bi siyt, nether the eere is fillid bi hering.
Ecclesiastes 2:23Alle hise daies ben ful of sorewis and meschefs, and bi nyyt he restith not in soule; and whether this is not vanyte?
1 Corinthians 10:13Temptacioun take `not you, but mannus temptacioun; for God is trewe, which schal not suffre you to be temptid aboue that that ye moun; but he schal make with temptacioun also purueyaunce, that ye moun suffre.