Job 1:21

Modern English Version

He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked will I return there. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”

Cross References

Genesis 3:19

By the sweat of your face you will eat bread until you return to the ground, because out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return.”

Genesis 30:2

Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”

Genesis 45:5

Now do not be upset or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.

2 Samuel 16:12

Perhaps today the Lord will look upon my guilt and return kindness instead of his cursing.”

1 Kings 12:15

Thus the king did not listen to the people, for the cause was from the Lord, that He might fulfill His saying, which the Lord spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

2 Kings 20:19

Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good.” And he said, “Why not, if there is peace and security in my days?”

Nehemiah 9:5

Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said: “Stand up and bless the Lord your God forever and ever! Let them bless Your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

Job 1:11

But stretch out Your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will curse You to Your face.”

Job 2:10

He said to her, “You talk like one of the foolish women talks. Will we indeed accept the good from God but not accept the adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

Job 9:12

Yes, He takes away; who can hinder Him? Who will say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’

Psalm 34:1

I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise will continually be in my mouth.

Psalm 34:2

My soul will make its boast in the Lord; the humble will hear of it and be glad.

Psalm 39:9

I was silent; I did not open my mouth, because it was You who did it.

Psalm 49:17

for when he dies he will take nothing away; his glory will not descend after him.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life breath returns to God who gave it.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

and those riches were lost in an unfortunate business deal; and although he has a son, there is nothing left to put in his hand.

Ecclesiastes 5:15

As he came from his mother’s womb, naked he will depart, as he came; he will not take anything for his labor, which he may carry away with his hands.

Ecclesiastes 5:19

Likewise, everyone to whom God has given wealth and possessions, and the ability to eat from it, and to receive his reward and to rejoice in his labor—this is a gift from God.

Isaiah 24:15

Therefore glorify the Lord in the east, even the name of the Lord God of Israel in the coastlands of the sea.

Isaiah 42:24

Who gave up Jacob as spoil, and Israel to the robbers? Did not the Lord, against whom we have sinned? For they would not walk in His ways, nor were they obedient to His law.

Isaiah 45:7

I form the light and create darkness; I make peace and create calamity; I, the Lord, do all these things.

Lamentations 3:38

Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that good and bad proceed?

Amos 3:6

If the trumpet blasts in the city, are not the people frightened? If there is disaster against a city, is it not the Lord who has done it?

Matthew 20:15

Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or is your eye evil because I am good?’

Acts 4:28

to do what Your hand and Your counsel had foreordained to be done.

Ephesians 5:20

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

1 Thessalonians 5:18

In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

1 Timothy 6:7

For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain that we can carry nothing out.

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no change or shadow of turning.

James 5:11

Behold, we consider them blessed who endure. You have heard of the patience of Job and have seen the purpose of the Lord, that the Lord is very gracious and merciful.

Ruth 1:21

I was full when I left, but the Lord has caused me to return empty. Why should you call me Naomi when the Lord has opposed me? The Almighty has brought misfortune upon me!”

1 Samuel 2:7

The Lord makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up.

1 Samuel 2:8

He raises up the poor out of the dust and lifts up the oppressed from the dunghill to make them sit with princes and inherit a throne of glory. “For the pillars of the earth belong to the Lord, and He has set the world upon them.

1 Samuel 3:18

Samuel told him everything, and did not hide from him a thing. And he said, “It is the Lord; let Him do what is good in His eyes.”