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Job 5:7

Job 5:7
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Yet man is born unto trouble,.... Or but (b), after the negative follows the positive part of the assertion; before we have what is denied as the cause of affliction, here what it is affirmed to be,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Yet man is born unto trouble - All this is connected with the sentiment in Job 5:8 ff. The meaning is, that “since afflictions are ordered by an intelligent Being, and since man is born unto trouble…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 5:6-16

Eliphaz, having touched Job in a very tender part, in mentioning both the loss of his estate and the death of his children as the just punishment of his sin, that he might not drive him to despair,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Yet man is born unto trouble Rather, but man. The true explanation of affliction is now given, as the false explanation was denied in Job 5:5. The words "man is born unto trouble" mean, it is his…