King James Version

Job 5:7

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

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כִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…אָ֭דָםadampersonאָדָםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “person”, the ordinary formH120ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)[idiom] another, [phrase] hypocrite, [phrase] common sort, [idiom] low, man (mean, of low degree), person.לְעָמָ֣לleamalto toilעָמָלpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “to toil”, the ordinary formH5999toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mindgrievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.יוּלָּ֑דyuladbearיָלַדverb, pual, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bear”, a completed actionH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…וּבְנֵיuveneand sonבֵּןconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “and son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a 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., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […רֶ֝֗שֶׁףreshefarrowרֶשֶׁףnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “arrow”, the ordinary formH7565a live coal; by analogy lightning; figuratively, an arrow, (as flashing through the air); specifically, feverarrow, (burning) coal, burning heat, [phrase] spark, hot thunderbolt.יַגְבִּ֥יהוּyagbihvbe haughtyגָּבַהּverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “be haughty”, an unfinished actionH1361to soar, i.e. be lofty; figuratively, to be haughtyexalt, be haughty, be (make) high(-er), lift up, mount up, be proud, raise up great height, upward.עֽוּףufflyעוּףverb, qal, infinitive construct — “fly”, the to-form of the verbH5774to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)brandish, be (wax) faint, flee away, fly (away), [idiom] set, shine forth, weary.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

But man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

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American Standard Version (1901)

But man is born unto trouble, As the sparks fly upward.

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

Darby Translation

For man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upwards.

Douay-Rheims

Man is born to labour and the bird to fly.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

But man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

yet man is born to labour, and even so the vulture's young seek the high places.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀλλὰ ἄνθρωπος γεννᾶται κόπῳ, νεοσσοὶ δὲ γυπὸς τὰ ὑψηλὰ πέτονται.