American Standard Version
"But man is born unto trouble, As the sparks fly upward. "
— Job 5:7, American Standard Version
“Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.”
“but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.”
“but people are born to trouble, as surely as the sparks fly upward.”
“Man is born to labour, and the bird to fly.”
“But trouble is man's fate from birth, as the flames go up from the fire.”
“Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.”
His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them:
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, And taketh it even out of the thorns; And the snare gapeth for their substance.
For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
But man is born unto trouble, As the sparks fly upward.
But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;
Who doeth great things and unsearchable, Marvellous things without number:
Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth waters upon the fields;