Verse 7

Yet man{H120} is born{H3205}{(H8795)} unto trouble{H5999}, as the sparks{H1121}{H7565} fly{H5774}{(H8800)} upward{H1361}{(H8686)}.

Referenced Verses

  • Job 14:1 : 1 Man{H120} that is born{H3205}{(H8803)} of a woman{H802} is of few{H7116} days{H3117}, and full{H7649} of trouble{H7267}.
  • Gen 3:17-19 : 17 And unto Adam{H121} he said{H559}{(H8804)}, Because thou hast hearkened{H8085}{(H8804)} unto the voice{H6963} of thy wife{H802}, and hast eaten{H398}{(H8799)} of the tree{H6086}, of which{H834} I commanded thee{H6680}{(H8765)}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Thou shalt not eat{H398}{(H8799)} of it: cursed{H779}{(H8803)} is the ground{H127} for thy sake; in sorrow{H6093} shalt thou eat{H398}{(H8799)} of it all{H3605} the days{H3117} of thy life{H2416}; 18 Thorns also{H6975} and thistles{H1863} shall it bring forth{H6779}{(H8686)} to thee; and thou shalt eat{H398}{(H8804)} the herb{H6212} of the field{H7704}; 19 In the sweat{H2188} of thy face{H639} shalt thou eat{H398}{(H8799)} bread{H3899}, till{H5704} thou return{H7725}{(H8800)} unto the ground{H127}; for out of it wast thou taken{H3947}{(H8795)}: for dust{H6083} thou{H859} art, and unto dust{H6083} shalt thou return{H7725}{(H8799)}.
  • 1 Cor 10:13 : 13 There hath{G2983} no{G3756} temptation{G3986} taken{G2983}{(G5758)} you{G5209} but{G1508} such as is common to man{G442}: but{G1161} God{G2316} is faithful{G4103}, who{G3739} will{G1439} not{G3756} suffer{G1439}{(G5692)} you{G5209} to be tempted{G3985}{(G5683)} above{G5228} that{G3739} ye are able{G1410}{(G5736)}; but{G235} will{G4160} with{G4862} the temptation{G3986} also{G2532} make{G4160}{(G5692)} a way to escape{G1545}, that ye{G5209} may be able{G1410}{(G5738)} to bear{G5297}{(G5629)} it.
  • Ps 90:8-9 : 8 Thou hast set{H7896}{H8804)} our iniquities{H5771} before thee, our secret{H5956}{H8803)} sins in the light{H3974} of thy countenance{H6440}. 9 For all our days{H3117} are passed away{H6437}{H8804)} in thy wrath{H5678}: we spend{H3615}{H8765)} our years{H8141} as a tale{H1899} that is told.
  • Eccl 1:8 : 8 All things{H1697} are full of labour{H3023}; man{H376} cannot{H3201}{(H8799)} utter{H1696}{(H8763)} it: the eye{H5869} is not satisfied{H7646}{(H8799)} with seeing{H7200}{(H8800)}, nor the ear{H241} filled{H4390}{(H8735)} with hearing{H8085}{(H8800)}.
  • Eccl 2:22 : 22 For what hath{H1933}{(H8802)} man{H120} of all his labour{H5999}, and of the vexation{H7475} of his heart{H3820}, wherein{H1931} he hath laboured{H6001} under the sun{H8121}?
  • Eccl 5:15-17 : 15 As he came forth{H3318}{(H8804)} of his mother's{H517} womb{H990}, naked{H6174} shall he return{H7725}{(H8799)} to go{H3212}{(H8800)} as he came{H935}{(H8804)}, and shall take{H5375}{(H8799)} nothing{H3972} of his labour{H5999}, which he may carry away{H3212}{(H8686)} in his hand{H3027}. 16 And this{H2090} also is a sore{H2470}{(H8802)} evil{H7451}, that in all points{H5980} as he came{H935}{(H8804)}, so shall he go{H3212}{(H8799)}: and what profit{H3504} hath he that hath laboured{H5998}{(H8799)} for the wind{H7307}? 17 All his days{H3117} also he eateth{H398}{(H8799)} in darkness{H2822}, and he hath much{H7235}{(H8687)} sorrow{H3707}{(H8804)} and wrath{H7110} with his sickness{H2483}.