OLD TESTAMENT

Job 5:7

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but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

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Verse 7. Bird. Hebrew “sparks fly up.” Bible.—You can no more then expect to pass unpunished, since it is impossible for man to be innocent! ( Calmet.) and, at any rate, labour is inevitable. Menochius.—We must gain our bread by the sweat of our brow. Worthington.

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