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For [a]affliction cometh not forth from the dust,
Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
But man is born unto trouble,
As [b]the sparks fly upward.

But as for me, I would seek unto God,
And unto God would I commit my cause;

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Footnotes

  1. Job 5:6 Or, iniquity. See 4:8.
  2. Job 5:7 Hebrew the sons of flame (or of lightning).

For hardship does not spring from the soil,
    nor does trouble sprout from the ground.(A)
Yet man is born to trouble(B)
    as surely as sparks fly upward.

“But if I were you, I would appeal to God;
    I would lay my cause before him.(C)

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