Job 5:7
But man is born unto trouble, as young birds take up their flight.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
In Context
6For wrong doth not come forth out of the dust, neither doth trouble grow up out of the ground;
8I, however, would have besought God, and unto God would I have committed my cause;
Cross References
Genesis 3:17And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it; cursed be the ground for thy sake; in pain shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.
Psalms 90:8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our concealed sins before the light of thy countenance.
Ecclesiastes 1:8All things weary themselves [constantly]; man can not utter them: the eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Ecclesiastes 2:23For all his days are full of pains, and vexation is [mingled with] his employment: yea, even in the night his heart taketh not rest. Also this is vanity.
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 →