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Job 5:6-8
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Job 5:6-8
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
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[a] fly upward.
8 “As for me, I would seek God,
and to God I would commit my cause.
Footnotes
- Job 5:7 Or birds; Heb sons of Resheph
Job 5:6-8
New International Version
Job 5:6-8
New International Version
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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