Job.5.7

Job 5:7

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Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those Who Seek Him

Cross References

Genesis 3:17

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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;

The Punishment of Mankind

The Fall of Man

Job 7:1

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Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?

Job Continues: Life Seems Futile

Job 14:1

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Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

Job Laments the Finality of Death

Ecclesiastes 2:23

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For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

The Futility of Work

Jeremiah 20:18

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Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?