1. Job 5:7 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Commentary on Job 5:7 (Summary)

Job 5:7 (ESV)

7 but man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward.

All humans are unrighteous, according to Eliphaz. Therefore, all humans must expect trouble to come to them. It is as natural (and irreversible) as the upward movement of fire.