For (A)man is born for trouble,
As sparks fly upward.

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Yet man is born to trouble(A)
    as surely as sparks fly upward.

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Job Speaks of the Finality of Death

14 (A)Man, who is born of woman,
Is [a]short-lived and (B)full of turmoil.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 14:1 Lit short of days

14 “Mortals, born of woman,(A)
    are of few days(B) and full of trouble.(C)

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18 Because (A)in much wisdom there is much grief; and increasing knowledge results in increasing pain.

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18 For with much wisdom comes much sorrow;(A)
    the more knowledge, the more grief.(B)

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17 All his life (A)he also eats in darkness with (B)great irritation, sickness, and anger.

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17 All their days they eat in darkness,
    with great frustration, affliction and anger.

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