Job

Job 5:6–7

⁶For distress does not spring from the dust,

and trouble does not sprout from the ground.

⁷Yet man is born to trouble

as surely as sparks fly upward.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֤י׀	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
distress	אָ֑וֶן	’ā·wen	Noun - masculine singular	H205 trouble, sorrow, wickedness
does not	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
spring	יֵצֵ֣א	yê·ṣê	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3318 go or come out
from the dust	מֵעָפָ֣ר	mê·‘ā·p̄ār	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H6083 dry earth, dust
and trouble	עָמָֽל׃	‘ā·māl	Noun - masculine singular	H5999 trouble, labour, toil
does not	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
sprout	יִצְמַ֥ח	yiṣ·maḥ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6779 sprout, spring up
from the ground	וּ֝מֵאֲדָמָ֗ה	ū·mê·’ă·ḏā·māh	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular	H127 ground, land

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Yet	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
man	אָ֭דָם	’ā·ḏām	Noun - masculine singular	H120 man, mankind
is born	יוּלָּ֑ד	yūl·lāḏ	Verb - QalPass - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget
to trouble	לְעָמָ֣ל	lə·‘ā·māl	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H5999 trouble, labour, toil
as surely as sparks	וּבְנֵי־	ū·ḇə·nê-	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
fly	עֽוּף׃	‘ūp̄	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H5774 fly
upward	יַגְבִּ֥יהוּ	yaḡ·bî·hū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1361 be high, exalted

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 5:6 Isaiah 45:7 · 1 Samuel 6:9 · Job 34:29 · Psalm 90:7

Job 5:7 Job 14:1 · Genesis 3:17–19 · Ecclesiastes 5:15–17 · 1 Corinthians 10:13 · Psalm 90:8–9 · Ecclesiastes 1:8 · Ecclesiastes 2:22

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.