Job 1:21
And he said, Naked I came out of my mother's womb, and naked I shall return there. LORD gave, and LORD has taken away, blessed be the name of LORD.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
22In all this Job did not sin, nor foolishly accuse God.
Cross References
Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy face thou shall eat bread, till thou return to the ground, for out of it thou were taken. For thou are dust, and to dust thou shall return.
Genesis 45:5And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.
1 Samuel 2:7LORD makes poor, and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.
2 Samuel 16:12It may be that LORD will look on the wrong done to me, and that LORD will reward me good for [his] cursing of me this day.
2 Kings 20:19Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, The word of LORD which thou have spoken is good. He said moreover, Is it not so, if peace and truth shall be in my days?
Job 1:11But put forth thy hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce thee to thy face.
Matthew Henry on Job 1:21-22
Job's Sorrow and Submission. ( b. c. 1520.) 20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, 21 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 . 22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly. The devil had done all he desired leave to do against Job, to provoke him to curse God. He had touched all he had, touched it with a witness; he… Read the whole commentary →