Job 1:21 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²¹ and he 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ And said, Naked (without possessions) came I [into this world] from my mother's womb, and naked (without possessions) shall I depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; blessed (praised and magnified in worship) be the name of the Lord!

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ 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.

Common English Bible

²¹ He said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb; naked I will return there. The LORD has given; the LORD has taken; bless the LORD’s name.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ and he said, "Naked I departed from my mother's womb, and naked I shall return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away. Just as it pleased the Lord, so has it been done. Blessed be the name of the Lord."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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. As it hath pleased the Lord so is it done. Blessed be the name of the Lord.

Job 1:21 Cross References

Genesis 3:19

in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Genesis 30:2

And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

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.

2 Samuel 16:12

It may be that the LORD will look on the wrong done unto me, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing of me this day.

1 Kings 12:15

So the king hearkened not unto the people; for it was a thing brought about of the LORD, that he might establish his word, which the LORD spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

2 Kings 20:19

Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, Is it not so, if peace and truth shall be in my days?

Nehemiah 9:5

Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

Job 1:11

But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will renounce thee to thy face.

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.

Job 9:12

Behold, he seizeth the prey, who can hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?

Psalm 34:1

I will bless the LORD at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

Psalm 34:2

My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: The meek shall hear thereof, and be glad.

Psalm 39:9

I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; Because thou didst it.

Psalm 49:17

For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

and the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return unto God who gave it.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

Ecclesiastes 5:15

As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

Ecclesiastes 5:19

Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.

Isaiah 24:15

Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the east, even the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea.

Isaiah 42:24

Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD? he against whom we have sinned, and in whose ways they would not walk, neither were they obedient unto his law.

Isaiah 45:7

I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil; I am the LORD, that doeth all these things.

Lamentations 3:38

Out of the mouth of the Most High cometh there not evil and good?

Amos 3:6

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

Matthew 20:15

Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? or is thine eye evil, because I am good?

Acts 4:28

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

Ephesians 5:20

giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;

1 Thessalonians 5:18

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

1 Timothy 6:7

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

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect boon is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.

James 5:11

Behold, we call them blessed which endured: ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.

Ruth 1:21

I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?

1 Samuel 2:7

The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, he also lifteth up.

1 Samuel 2:8

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, he lifteth up the needy from the dunghill, to make them sit with princes, and inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.

1 Samuel 3:18

And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.