TheWay BibleJob 5:7 KJV
Job · chapter 5 · verse 7
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.Job 5:7 · King James Version
Job 5:7 in context
5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
6Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
7Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
8I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
9Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
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Key words (Strong's)
- troubleʻâmâltoilH5999 →
- sparksbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- sparksreshepha live coalH7565 →
- bornyâladto bear youngH3205 →
- flyʻûwphto flyH5774 →
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Eliphaz, having touched Job in a very tender part, in mentioning both the loss of his estate and the death of his children as the just punishment of his sin, that he might not drive him to despair, here begins to encourage him, and puts him in a way to make himself easy.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-16