Job
Job 5:7
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
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.