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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  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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23 Because all his days his activity is painful and (A)irritating; even at night his [a]mind (B)does not rest. This too is futility.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 2:23 Lit heart

23 All their days their work is grief and pain;(A) even at night their minds do not rest.(B) This too is meaningless.

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