Job 5:7

Yet man is born to labor, 1 And even so the vulture’s young seek the high places. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

In Context

6For labor cannot by any means come out of the earth, 1 Nor shall trouble spring out of the mountains: 1

8Nevertheless I will beseech the Lord, 1 And will call upon the Lord, the sovereign of all; 1

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Cross References

Genesis 3:17And to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and eaten of the tree concerning which I charged thee of it only not to eat—of that thou hast eaten, cursed is the ground in thy labors, in pain shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.

Psalms 90:8Only with thine eyes shalt thou observe 1 And see the reward of sinners. 1

Ecclesiastes 1:8All things are full of labor; 1 A man will not be able to speak of them: 1 Neither shall the eye be satisfied with seeing, 1 Neither shall the ear be filled with hearing. 1

Ecclesiastes 2:23For all his days 1 Are days of sorrows, and vexation of spirit is his; 1 In the night also his heart rests not. 1 This is also vanity. 1

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 →

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