Job 5:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

it's all part of life, like sparks shooting skyward.

Cross References

Job 14:1

Life is short and sorrowful for every living soul.

Job 7:1

Why is life so hard? Why do we suffer?

Psalm 90:10

We can expect seventy years, or perhaps eighty, if we are healthy, but even our best years bring trouble and sorrow. Suddenly our time is up, and we disappear.

Ecclesiastes 1:8

All of life is far more boring than words could ever say. Our eyes and our ears are never satisfied with what we see and hear.

Ecclesiastes 2:22

What do we really gain from all our hard work?

Ecclesiastes 2:23

Our bodies ache during the day, and work is torture. Then at night our thoughts are troubled. It just doesn't make sense.

Jeremiah 20:18

Why did I have to be born? Was it just to suffer and die in shame?

1 Corinthians 10:13

You are tempted in the same way that everyone else is tempted. But God can be trusted not to let you be tempted too much, and he will show you how to escape from your temptations.