Verse Comparison: Job 5:7
<< Job 5:6 Job 5:8 >> American Standard Version
But man is born unto trouble, As the sparks fly upward.Amplified® Bible
But man is born to trouble as the sparks {and} the flames fly upward.Contemporary English Version
it's all part of life, like sparks shooting skyward.Darby English Version
For man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upwards.Good News Bible
No indeed! We bring trouble on ourselves, as surely as sparks fly up from a fire.King James Version
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.New American Standard Bible
For man is born for trouble, As sparks fly upward.New International Version
Yet man is born to trouble
as surely as sparks fly upward.New King James Version
Yet man is born to trouble,
As the sparks fly upward.N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For man seems to have his nativity for trouble, As sparks fly upward.Revised Standard Version
but man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward.Young's Literal Translation
For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly.
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