Job 5:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Job 5:7

man: Job 14:1, Genesis 3:17-Psalms :, Psalms 90:8, Psalms 90:9, 1 Corinthians 10:13 trouble: or, labour, Ecclesiastes 1:8, Ecclesiastes 2:22, Ecclesiastes 5:15-Esther : sparks fly upward: Heb. sons of the burning coal lift up to fly Reciprocal: Psalms 78:33 - years Ecclesiastes 2:23 - all Matthew 11:28 - all Mark 9:21 - How read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Job 5:7

Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.Is born — He is so commonly exposed to various troubles, as if he were born to no other end: affliction is become natural to man, and is transmitted from parents, to children, as their constant inheritance; God having allotted this portion to mankind for their sins. And therefore thou takest a wrong course in complaining so bitterly of that which thou shouldest patiently bear, as the common lot of mankind.As — As naturally, and as... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 5:7

7. Yet Not an adversative, as Dillman, Hitzig, and others would read, but for; thus Conant, Evans, etc. This verse is also argumentative. The sparks Bene resheph sons of fire, just as arrows are called sons of the bow. Umbreit translates: “Even as the bird of prey rises high in its flight.” Jerome beautifully expresses it, “Man is born to labour and the bird to flight.” The version of the text is better. That the evils of life are many, and “in close succession rise,” is implied in... read more

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Job 5:7

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Job 5:7

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 5:7

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