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His harvest the hungry eat,
    and he takes it even out of thorns;[a]
    and the thirsty[b] pant after his[c] wealth.
For affliction does not come from the dust,
    nor does trouble sprout from the ground;
but man is born to trouble
    as the sparks fly upward.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 5:5 Heb obscure
  2. Job 5:5 Aquila Symmachus Syr Vg: Heb snare
  3. Job 5:5 Heb their

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

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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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