Job 1:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.””
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“saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”
King James Version · Public Domain“and he said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: Jehovah gave, and Jehovah hath taken away; blessed be the name of Jehovah.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and he saith, `Naked came I forth from the womb of my mother, and naked I turn back thither: Jehovah hath given and Jehovah hath taken: let the name of Jehovah be blessed.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 1:21 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
- Genesis 30:2Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”
- Genesis 45:5And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.
- Ruth 1:21I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? After all, the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me.”
- 1 Samuel 2:7The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
- 1 Samuel 3:18So Samuel told him everything and did not hide a thing from him. “He is the LORD,” replied Eli. “Let Him do what is good in His eyes.”
- 2 Samuel 16:12Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction and repay me with good for the cursing I receive today.”
- 1 Kings 12:15So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.
- 2 Kings 20:19But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “Will there not at least be peace and security in my lifetime?”
- Nehemiah 9:5Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting: Blessed be Your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.
- Job 1:11But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
- Job 2:10“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
- Job 9:12If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’
- Psalms 34:1I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise will always be on my lips.
- Psalms 34:2My soul boasts in the LORD; let the oppressed hear and rejoice.
- Psalms 39:9I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
- Psalms 49:17For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his abundance will not follow him down.
- Psalms 89:38Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.
- Ecclesiastes 5:14or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on.
- Ecclesiastes 5:15As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.
- Ecclesiastes 5:19Furthermore, God has given riches and wealth to every man, and He has enabled him to enjoy them, to accept his lot, and to rejoice in his labor. This is a gift from God.
- Ecclesiastes 12:7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
- Isaiah 24:15Therefore glorify the LORD in the east. Extol the name of the LORD, the God of Israel in the islands of the sea.
- Isaiah 42:24Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law.
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