Job 5:7

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Job 5:7

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Berean Standard Bible

Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

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ASV

American Standard Version

But man is born unto trouble, As the sparks fly upward.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Job 5

⁵ The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.

⁶ For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.

⁷ Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.

⁸ However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—

⁹ the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.

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