Job 1:21
He said, "Naked I came out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord."
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
20Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshiped.
22In all this, Job did not sin, nor charge God with wrongdoing.
Cross References
Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
Genesis 45:5Now do not be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.
1 Samuel 2:7The Lord makes poor, and makes rich.He brings low, he also lifts up.
2 Samuel 16:12It may be that the Lord will look on the wrong done to me, and that the Lord will repay me good for the cursing of me today."
2 Kings 20:19Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "The word of the Lord which you have spoken is good." He said moreover, "Isn't it so, if peace and truth shall be in my days?"
Job 1:11But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your 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 →