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Job 1:21

World English Bible

He said, “Naked I came out of my mother’s womb, and naked will I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be Yahweh’s name.”

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Job 1:21 in other translations

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.

Job 1:21 · American Standard Version

Job 1:21 in context

  1. 19and behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young men, and they are dead. I alone have escaped to tell you.”
  2. 20Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshiped.
  3. 21He said, “Naked I came out of my mother’s womb, and naked will I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be Yahweh’s name.”
  4. 22In all this, Job didn’t sin, nor charge God with wrongdoing.

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