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Job 5:7

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

KJV

Homo nascitur ad laborem, et avis ad volatum.

Vulgate

ἀλλὰ ἄνθρωπος γεννᾶται κόπῳ, νεοσσοὶ δὲ γυπὸς τὰ ὑψηλὰ πέτονται.

LXX

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

ASV

כִּֽי אָ֭דָם לְ/עָמָ֣ל יוּלָּ֑ד וּ/בְנֵי רֶ֝֗שֶׁף יַגְבִּ֥יהוּ עֽוּף

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
גָּבַ֤הּ
gbh
verb · 34×
הוֹלִ֣יד
hvlyd
verb · 478×
וֹ
v
noun · 55×
יָּ֖עַף
y'p
verb · 32×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
רֶ֖שֶׁף
rshp
noun · 7×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 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 esca
  • Eccl 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.
  • Eccl 2:22 — For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
  • Eccl 2:23 — For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
  • Eccl 5:15 — 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.
  • Gen 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 sak
  • Job 7:1 — Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
  • Job 14:1 — Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
  • Job 14:1 — Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
  • Matt 11:28 — Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
  • Ps 90:8 — Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.