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Job 5:6-8
Lexham English Bible

6 Indeed,[a] 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[b] like sparks.[c]
8 “But I myself[d] will seek God,
and to God I would commit my cause.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 5:6 Or “For”
  2. Job 5:7 Literally “they make high to fly”
  3. Job 5:7 Literally “children of flame”
  4. Job 5:8 Emphatic personal pronoun
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Job 5:6-8
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6 For hardship does not spring from the soil,
    nor does trouble sprout from the ground.(A)
7 Yet man is born to trouble(B)
    as surely as sparks fly upward.

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

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