Job 5:7
But man is borne vnto trauaile, as the sparkes flie vpwarde.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
In Context
6For miserie commeth not foorth of the dust, neither doeth affliction spring out of the earth.
8But I would inquire at God, and turne my talke vnto God:
Cross References
Genesis 3:17Also to Adam he said, Because thou hast obeyed the voyce of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, (whereof I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eate of it) cursed is the earth for thy sake: in sorowe shalt thou eate of it all the dayes of thy life.
Psalms 90:8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, and our secret sinnes in the light of thy countenance.
Ecclesiastes 1:8All things are full of labour: man cannot vtter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the eare filled with hearing.
Ecclesiastes 2:23For all his dayes are sorowes, and his trauaile griefe: his heart also taketh not rest in the night: which also is vanitie.
1 Corinthians 10:13There hath no tentation taken you, but such as appertaine to man: and God is faithfull, which will not suffer you to be tempted aboue that you be able, but wil euen giue the issue with the tentation, that ye may be able to beare 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 →