Job 5:7
Yet adam is born unto amal (trouble, tzoros), 1 even as sparks fly upward. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
In Context
8I would seek El (G-d), 1 and before Elohim would I lay my cause; 1
Cross References
Genesis 3:17And unto Adam He said, 1 Because thou paid heed unto the voice of thy isha, 1 and hast eaten of HaEtz, 1 of which I commanded thee, saying, 1 Thou shalt not eat of it, 1 arurah (cursed) is haadamah because of thee; 1 in itzavon + 3:17 itzavon see verse 16 (pain, suffering) shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 1
Psalms 90:8Thou hast set avonoteinu before Thee, 1 our secret sins in the ohr of Thy countenance. 1
Ecclesiastes 1:8All things are wearisome; 1 no ish can express it; 1 the ayin is not satisfied with seeing, 1 nor the ozen full with hearing. 1
Ecclesiastes 2:23For all his yamim are machovim (sorrows), and his travail ka'as (grief, vexation); yea, his lev taketh not rest balailah. This also is hevel.
1 Corinthians 10:13No nissayon (temptation) has overtaken you, except that which is common to Bnei Adam, but, Hashem is ne'eman (faithful), + 10:13 Dt 7:9 who will not let you to be brought into nissayon beyond what you are able, but will make with the nissayon also the derech [Tzaddikim] + 10:13 Ps 1:6 as a way out for you to be able 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 →