Job 5:7
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. {trouble: or, labour} {sparks...: Heb. the sons of the burning coal lift up to fly}
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Man {that is} born of a woman {is} of few days, and full of trouble. {few...: Heb. short of days}
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed {is} the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat {of} it all the days of thy life;
As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God {is} faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear {it}. {common...: or, moderate}
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret {sins} in the light of thy countenance.
All things {are} full of labour; man cannot utter {it}: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
Man {that is} born of a woman {is} of few days, and full of trouble. {few...: Heb. short of days}
Come unto me, all {ye} that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
For all his days {are} sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
{Is there} not an appointed time to man upon earth? {are not} his days also like the days of an hireling? {an appointed...: or, a warfare}
And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.