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whose harvest the hungry eats,
and he takes it from behind[a] the thorns;
and the thirsty pants after their wealth.
Indeed,[b] mischief does not come from the dust,
and trouble does not sprout from the earth.
But a human being is born to trouble,
and they soar aloft[c] like sparks.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 5:5 Literally “to from”
  2. Job 5:6 Or “For”
  3. Job 5:7 Literally “they make high to fly”
  4. Job 5:7 Literally “children of flame”

The hungry consume his harvest,(A)
    taking it even from among thorns,
    and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
For hardship does not spring from the soil,
    nor does trouble sprout from the ground.(B)
Yet man is born to trouble(C)
    as surely as sparks fly upward.

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