Job 5:7 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.”
Job 5:7 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Job 5:7 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Job 5:7 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Job 5:7 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.”
Job 5:7 — World English Bible
Job 5:7 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“But man is born unto trouble, As the sparks fly upward. ”
Job 5:7 — American Standard Version
Job 5:7 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly.”
Job 5:7 — Young's Literal Translation
Job 5:7 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upwards. ”
Job 5:7 — Darby Translation
Job 5:7 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“But man is borne vnto trauaile, as the sparkes flie vpwarde.”
Job 5:7 — Geneva Bible
Job 5:7 in Context — Job 5
5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
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:
What Does Job 5:7 Mean?
Job 5:7 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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