Job 5:6–7
Job 5:6–7 — The New International Version (NIV)
6 For hardship does not spring from the soil,
nor does trouble sprout from the ground.
7 Yet man is born to trouble
as surely as sparks fly upward.
Job 5:6–7 — English Standard Version (ESV)
6 For affliction does not come from the dust,
nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
7 but man is born to trouble
as the sparks fly upward.
Job 5:6–7 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust,
Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
7 Yet man is born unto trouble,
As the sparks fly upward.
Job 5:6–7 — New Living Translation (NLT)
6 But evil does not spring from the soil,
and trouble does not sprout from the earth.
7 People are born for trouble
as readily as sparks fly up from a fire.
Job 5:6–7 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
6 For affliction does not come from the dust,
Nor does trouble spring from the ground;
7 Yet man is born to trouble,
As the sparks fly upward.
Job 5:6–7 — New Century Version (NCV)
6 Hard times do not come up from the ground,
and trouble does not grow from the earth.
7 People produce trouble
as surely as sparks fly upward.
Job 5:6–7 — American Standard Version (ASV)
6 For affliction cometh not forth from the dust,
Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
7 But man is born unto trouble,
As the sparks fly upward.
Job 5:6–7 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
6 Certainly, sorrow doesn’t come from the soil,
and trouble doesn’t sprout from the ground.
7 But a person is born for trouble as surely as sparks fly up ⸤from a fire⸥.
Job 5:6–7 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
6 For distress does not grow out of the soil,
and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
7 But mankind is born for trouble
as surely as sparks fly upward.
Job 5:6–7 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
6 For misery does not come from the earth,
nor does trouble sprout from the ground;
7 but human beings are born to trouble
just as sparks fly upward.
Job 5:6–7 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
6 Indeed, mischief does not come from the dust,
and trouble does not sprout from the earth.
7 But a human being is born to trouble,
and they soar aloft like sparks.
Job 5:6–7 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
6 Hard times don’t just grow out of the soil.
Trouble doesn’t jump out of the ground.
7 People are born to have trouble.
And that’s just as sure as sparks fly up.
Job 5:6–7 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
6 “For affliction does not come from the dust,
Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
7 For man is born for trouble,
As sparks fly upward.