A-Z: Common sayings from the Bible: Man is born to trouble

Usage

An acknowledgement of the sentiment that difficult times are experienced by every person.

Definition

Job argues that trouble and hardship are not necessary or inevitable, and yet they appear to happen regularly and naturally as part of everyday experience.

Bible References

Job 5:7

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King James Version

¹Call now; is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn? ²Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple. ³I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling. ⁴His children are far from safety; they are crushed in the gate, and there is no one to deliver them. ⁵The hungry eat his harvest, and he takes it even out of thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth. ⁶For affliction does not come from the dust, nor does trouble sprout from the ground, ⁷but man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward. ⁸As for me, I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause, ⁹who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number: ¹⁰he gives rain on the earth and sends waters on the fields; ¹¹he sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety. ¹²He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success. ¹³He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end. ¹⁴They meet with darkness in the daytime and grope at noonday as in the night. ¹⁵But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouth and from the hand of the mighty. ¹⁶So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts her mouth. ¹⁷Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves; therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty. ¹⁸For he wounds, but he binds up; he shatters, but his hands heal. ¹⁹He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven no evil shall touch you. ²⁰In famine he will redeem you from death, and in war from the power of the sword. ²¹You shall be hidden from the lash of the tongue, and shall not fear destruction when it comes. ²²At destruction and famine you shall laugh, and shall not fear the beasts of the earth. ²³For you shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you. ²⁴You shall know that your tent is at peace, and you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing. ²⁵You shall know also that your offspring shall be many, and your descendants as the grass of the earth. ²⁶You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, like a sheaf gathered up in its season. ²⁷Behold, this we have searched out; it is true. Hear, and know it for your good.

¹Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? ²For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. ³I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. ⁴His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them. ⁵Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. ⁶Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; ⁷Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. ⁸I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: ⁹Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: ¹⁰Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: ¹¹To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. ¹²He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. ¹³He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. ¹⁴They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night. ¹⁵But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. ¹⁶So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. ¹⁷Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: ¹⁸For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. ¹⁹He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. ²⁰In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword. ²¹Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. ²²At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth. ²³For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. ²⁴And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin. ²⁵Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth. ²⁶Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season. ²⁷Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.

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