JOB 5:7 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Ἀλλὰ ἄνθρωπος γεννᾶται κόπῳ, νεοσσοὶ δὲ γυπὸς τὰ ὑψηλὰ πέτονται.
(Alla anthrōpos gennatai kopōi, neossoi de gupos ta hupsaʸla petontai. )

BrTr yet man is born to labour, and even so the vulture's young seek the high places.

UST No, people cause trouble for themselves throughout their lives.
⇔ This is as certain as the fact that sparks shoot up from a fire.

OEB But man is born unto trouble,
⇔ While the sons of flame soar above it.

WEBBE but man is born to trouble,
⇔ as the sparks fly upward.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET but people are born to trouble,
⇔ as surely as the sparks fly upward.

LSV For man is born to misery,
And the sparks go high to fly.

FBV But human beings are born for trouble just as certainly as sparks from a fire fly upwards.

T4T People have troubles from the time that they are born
⇔ just as surely as sparks shoot up from a fire.

LEB No LEB JOB book available

BBE But trouble is man's fate from birth, as the flames go up from the fire.

Moff No Moff JOB book available

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

ASV But man is born unto trouble,
⇔ As the sparks fly upward.

DRA Man is born to labour and the bird to fly.

YLT For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly.

Drby For man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upwards.

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

SLT For man shall be born to labor as the sons of the flame will lift up to fly.

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

KJB-1769 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.[fn][fn]

5.7 trouble: or, labour

5.7 sparks…: Heb. the sons of the burning coal lift up to fly

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]Yet man is borne vnto trouble, as the sparkes flie vpward.
(Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparkes fly upward.)

5:7 Or, labour.

5:7 Heb. the sonnes of the burning coale, lift vp to flie.

Bshps No Bshps JOB book available

Gnva But man is borne vnto trauaile, as the sparkes flie vpwarde.
(But man is born unto travail, as the sparkes fly upward. )

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ClVg Homo nascitur ad laborem, et avis ad volatum.[fn]
(Man nascitur to work, and avis to volatum. )

5.7 Homo ad laborem nascitur. Quia impossibile est in hac peregrinatione sine labore esse: sed in eo quod caro affligitur, mens ad petenda alta levatur. Vel homo, id est, carnalis, mala mundi sentit, quia inhianter bona ejus appetit. Sed cujus mens hæc transit, ut avis ad alta, penna spei levatus, nil mali sentit, congaudeat et de flagellis, sed quia hæc nullus suis viribus valet, subdit:

5.7 Man to work nascitur. Because impossibile it_is in/into/on this_way peregrinatione without with_hard_work esse: but in/into/on by_him that flesh/meat affligitur, mind to petenda alta is_lifted. Or human, id it_is, carnalis, evil world sentit, because inhianter good(s) his appetit. But whose mind these_things passes, as avis to alta, penna hope raise/lifttus, nil evil sentit, congaudeat and from/about flagellis, but because these_things none to_his_own menbus valet, I_submit:

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UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

כִּֽי

that/for/because/then/when

Eliphaz is using the word For to introduce the reason why he says that trouble does not just happen. Its cause is known: People create trouble for themselves. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate this in your translation. Alternate translation: [I say this because]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אָ֭דָם לְ⁠עָמָ֣ל יוּלָּ֑ד וּ⁠בְנֵי־רֶ֝֗שֶׁף יַגְבִּ֥יהוּ עֽוּף

humankind to,trouble born and=the_sons flame upward fly

Eliphaz assumes that Job will understand that by naming two things that he holds to be true, he means that the first is just as true as the second. You could indicate that explicitly if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [man is born to trouble, just as surely as sons of the flame soar to fly]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

אָ֭דָם לְ⁠עָמָ֣ל יוּלָּ֑ד

humankind to,trouble born

Here the masculine term man has a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use language in your translation that is clearly inclusive of both men and women. Alternate translation: [people are born to trouble]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

אָ֭דָם לְ⁠עָמָ֣ל יוּלָּ֑ד

humankind to,trouble born

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [people have an innate tendency to cause trouble for themselves]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וּ⁠בְנֵי־רֶ֝֗שֶׁף

and=the_sons flame

Eliphaz is describing sparks as if they were sons of the flame, that is, as if fire gave birth to sparks and sent them out. Your language may have a poetic expression of its own that you could use in your translation to describe sparks. You could also state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and sparks]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

יַגְבִּ֥יהוּ עֽוּף

upward fly

This expression means that sparks fly upwards, carried by currents of air. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [fly upwards]

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