Job 5:7

Job 5:7 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

7Yet man is born to trouble

as surely as sparks fly upward.

7For man is born for trouble,

As sparks fly upward.

7“For man is born for trouble,

[As naturally] as sparks fly upward.

7Yet man is born to trouble

as surely as sparks fly upward.

7But man is born unto trouble,

As the sparks fly upward.

7But man is borne vnto trauaile, as the sparkes flie vpwarde.

7but man is born to trouble,

as the sparks fly upward.

7People are born to have trouble.

And that’s just as sure as sparks fly up.

7But trouble comes to everyone, as soon as they are born.

It is as certain as smoke that rises from a fire.

7For man is born to misery, || And the sparks go high to fly.