Job 5:7
Instead, mankind is born for trouble, 1 just as sparks fly upward. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
In Context
6For difficulties do not come out from the soil; 1 neither does trouble sprout from the ground. 1
8But as for me, I would turn to God himself; 1 to him I would commit my cause— 1
Cross References
Genesis 3:17To Adam he said, 1 “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, 1 and have eaten from the tree, concerning which I commanded you, 1 saying, 'You may not eat from it,' 1 cursed is the ground because of you; 1 through painful work you will eat from it all the days of your life. 1
Psalms 90:8You have set our iniquities before you, 1 our hidden sins in the light of your presence. 1
Ecclesiastes 1:8Everything becomes wearisome, 2 and no one can explain it. 1 The eye is not satisfied by what it sees, 2 nor is the ear fulfilled by what it hears. 1
Ecclesiastes 2:23Every day his work is painful and stressful, so at night his soul does not find rest. This also is vapor.
1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to all humanity. Instead, God is faithful. He will not let you be tempted beyond your ability. With the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, so that you may be able to endure 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 →