Job 5:7
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
For manאָ֭דָם
(a·dam)
120: man, mankindfrom an unused word
is bornיוּלָּ֑ד
(yul·lad;)
3205: to bear, bring forth, begeta prim. root
for trouble,לְעָמָ֣ל
(le·'a·mal)
5999: trouble, labor, toilfrom amal
As sparksוּבְנֵי־
(u·ve·nei-)
1121: sona prim. root
flyעֽוּף׃
(uf.)
5774a: to flya prim. root
upward.יַגְבִּ֥יהוּ
(yag·bi·hu)
1361b: to be high, exalteda prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
Yet man
'adam  (aw-dawm')
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) -- another, + hypocrite, + common sort, low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
is born
yalad  (yaw-lad')
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
unto trouble
`amal  (aw-mawl')
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
as the sparks
ben  (bane)
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.
resheph  (reh'-shef)
a live coal; by analogy lightning; figuratively, an arrow, (as flashing through the air); specifically, fever -- arrow, (burning) coal, burning heat, + spark, hot thunderbolt.
fly
`uwph  (oof)
to cover (with wings or obscurity); hence to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
upward
gabahh  (gaw-bah')
to soar, i.e. be lofty; figuratively, to be haughty -- exalt, be haughty, be (make) high(-er), lift up, mount up, be proud, raise up great height, upward.;
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
For man is born for trouble, As sparks fly upward.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But mankind is born for trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.

International Standard Version
But mankind is born headed for trouble, just as sparks soar skyward."

NET Bible
but people are born to trouble, as surely as the sparks fly upward.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But a person is born for trouble as surely as sparks fly up [from a fire].

King James 2000 Bible
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
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