Holy BibleKing James Version

Job 5:7 KJV

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

Job 5:7, King James Version

In context

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:

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Cross-references

  • Job 14:1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
  • Genesis 3:17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;