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Job 5:7–9

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Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
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From verse 7

  1. Job 14:1Rank 1 from verse 7
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    1MAN that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

  2. Genesis 3:17–19Rank 2 from verse 7
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    17And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

    18Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

    19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

  3. Ecclesiastes 5:15–17Rank 3 from verse 7
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    15As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

    16And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?

    17All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

  4. 1 Corinthians 10:13Rank 4 from verse 7
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    13There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

  5. Ecclesiastes 1:8Rank 5 from verse 7
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    8All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

  6. Ecclesiastes 2:22Rank 6 from verse 7
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    22For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

  7. Psalms 90:8–9Rank 7 from verse 7
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    8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

    9For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

From verse 8

  1. Psalms 50:15Rank 1 from verse 8
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    15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

  2. Job 22:21Rank 2 from verse 8
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    21Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

  3. Psalms 37:5Rank 3 from verse 8
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    5Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

  4. 2 Chronicles 33:12–13Rank 4 from verse 8
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    12And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

    13And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God.

  5. 1 Peter 4:19Rank 5 from verse 8
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    19Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

  6. 2 Timothy 1:12Rank 6 from verse 8
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    12For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.

  7. Job 22:27Rank 7 from verse 8
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    27Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

  8. 1 Peter 2:23Rank 8 from verse 8
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    23Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

  9. Genesis 32:7–12Rank 9 from verse 8
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    7Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;

    8And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.

    9¶ And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:

    10I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.

    11Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.

    12And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

  10. Job 8:5Rank 10 from verse 8
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    5If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;

  11. Psalms 77:1–2Rank 11 from verse 8
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    1I CRIED unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.

    2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.

  12. Jonah 2:1–7Rank 12 from verse 8
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    1THEN Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish’s belly,

    2And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

    3For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.

    4Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

    5The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

    6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.

    7When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.

From verse 9

  1. Psalms 40:5Rank 1 from verse 9
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    5Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

  2. Job 9:10Rank 2 from verse 9
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    10Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.

  3. Psalms 72:18Rank 3 from verse 9
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    18Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.

  4. Psalms 86:10Rank 4 from verse 9
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    10For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.

  5. Job 11:7–9Rank 5 from verse 9
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    7Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

    8It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

    9The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

  6. Job 37:5Rank 6 from verse 9
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    5God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.

  7. Isaiah 40:28Rank 7 from verse 9
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    28¶ Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

  8. Job 26:5–14Rank 8 from verse 9
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    5Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.

    6Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

    7He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

    8He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

    9He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.

    10He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

    11The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.

    12He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.

    13By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.

    14Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

  9. Romans 11:33Rank 9 from verse 9
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    33O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

  10. Psalms 139:18Rank 10 from verse 9
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    18If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

  11. Job 42:3Rank 11 from verse 9
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    3Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

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Job 5:7

COMBINED MEANING

yet

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1. Up to or at the present or stated time; still. 2. At some future time. 3. Nevertheless; however. 4. In addition; further.

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COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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trouble

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Sense 1: Disturbance, affliction, distress, vexation, or difficulty. Sense 2: To disturb, distress, afflict, or inconvenience.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

sparks

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Small particles of burning or glowing matter thrown off from a fire or struck from a substance.

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COMBINED MEANING

fly

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Sense 1: To move through the air by wings. Sense 2: To flee, rush, or pass away swiftly. Sense 3: As a noun, a winged insect.

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Job 5:8

COMBINED MEANING

commit

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To do or perpetrate; to entrust, deliver, consign, or place in custody.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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cause

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Sense 1: A reason, ground, matter in dispute, or judicial case. Sense 2: As a verb, to make something happen.

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Job 5:9

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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without

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Outside or on the exterior; beyond a boundary; lacking, absent, free from, not accompanied by, or apart from the person, thing, condition, means, or relation named.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

number

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Sense 1: A count or quantity. Sense 2: To count, reckon, appoint, or include among a group.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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5:6Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

5:7Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

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5:8I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

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5:9Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:

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5:10Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:

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