Devine Scripture

Job 1:21

Job chapter 1 · verse 21 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.20Then Job arose, and rent his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped;

v.21This passage

v.22In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Amos 3:6

    Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? shall evil befall a city, and Jehovah hath not done it?

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:18

    in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to you-ward.

  • Job 2:10

    But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

  • 1 Timothy 6:7

    for we brought nothing into the world, for neither can we carry anything out;

  • Acts 4:28

    to do whatsoever thy hand and thy council foreordained to come to pass.

  • Genesis 45:5

    And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.