Job 5:7New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— For man is born for trouble, As sparks fly upward.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— But man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— But man is born unto trouble, As the sparks fly upward.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Yet man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— For man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upwards.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Though, man, to trouble, were born, as, sparks, on high, do soar,
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Man is born to labour, and the bird to fly.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— But man is borne vnto trauaile, as the sparkes flie vpwarde.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Yet man is borne vnto trouble, as the sparkes flie vpward.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— For man is born for trouble, as sure as the wild birds fly.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— yet man is born to labour, and [even so] the vulture's young seek the high places.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. |
Yet
x3588 (3588) Complementכִּיkiy{kee}
A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.
man
120 {0120} Primeאָדָם'adam{aw-dawm'}
From H0119; ruddy, that is, a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.).
is born
3205 {3205} Primeיָלַדyalad{yaw-lad'}
A primitive root; to bear young; causatively to beget; medically to act as midwife; specifically to show lineage.
z8795 <8795> Grammar
Stem - Pual (See H8849) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 199
unto trouble,
5999 {5999} Primeעָמָל`amal{aw-mawl'}
From H5998; toil, that is, wearing effort; hence worry, whether of body or mind.
as the sparks
1121 {1121} Primeבֵּןben{bane}
From H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like H0001, H0251, etc.).
7565 {7565} Primeרֶשֶׁףresheph{reh'-shef}
From H8313; a live coal; by analogy lightning; figuratively an arrow (as flashing through the air); specifically fever.
fly
5774 {5774} Primeעוּף`uwph{oof}
A primitive root; to cover (with wings or obscurity); hence (as denominative from H5775) to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning).
z8800 <8800> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Infinitive (See H8812) Count - 4888
upward.
1361 {1361} Primeגּבהּgabahh{gaw-bah'}
A primitive root; to soar, that is, be lofty; figuratively to be haughty.
z8686 <8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 4046 |
Job 5:7
_ _ Yet — rather, “Truly,” or, But affliction does not come from chance, but is the appointment of God for sin; that is, the original birth-sin of man. Eliphaz passes from the particular sin and consequent suffering of Job to the universal sin and suffering of mankind. Troubles spring from man’s common sin by as necessary a law of natural consequences as sparks (Hebrew, “sons of coal”) fly upward. Troubles are many and fiery, as sparks (1 Peter 4:12; Isaiah 43:2). Umbreit for “sparks” has “birds of prey;” literally, “sons of lightning,” not so well. |
Job 5:7
Is born — He is so commonly exposed to various troubles, as if he were born to no other end: affliction is become natural to man, and is transmitted from parents, to children, as their constant inheritance; God having allotted this portion to mankind for their sins. And therefore thou takest a wrong course in complaining so bitterly of that which thou shouldest patiently bear, as the common lot of mankind. As — As naturally, and as generally, as the sparks of fire fly upward. Why then should we be surprized at our afflictions as strange, or quarrel with them, as hard? |
Job 5:7
Yet man is born unto (i) trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
(i) Which declares that sin is always in our corrupt nature: for before sin it was not subject to pain and affliction. |
- man:
Job 14:1 Man [that is] born of a woman [is] of few days, and full of trouble.
Genesis 3:17-19 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; ... In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou [art], and unto dust shalt thou return.
Psalms 90:8-9 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret [sins] in the light of thy countenance. ... For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale [that is told].
1 Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God [is] faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear [it].
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- trouble:
- or, labour,
Ecclesiastes 1:8 All things [are] full of labour; man cannot utter [it]: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Ecclesiastes 2:22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 5:15-17 As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand. ... All his days also he eateth in darkness, and [he hath] much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
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- sparks fly upward:
- Heb. sons of the burning coal lift up to fly
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