Job 1:21

New English Translation

He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return there. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. May the name of the Lord be blessed!”

Cross References

Genesis 3:19

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

Genesis 30:2

Jacob became furious with Rachel and exclaimed, “Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?”

Genesis 45:5

Now, do not be upset and do not be angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me ahead of you to preserve life!

2 Samuel 16:12

Perhaps the Lord will notice my affliction and this day grant me good in place of his curse.”

1 Kings 12:15

The king refused to listen to the people, because the Lord was instigating this turn of events so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

2 Kings 20:19

Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The Lord’s word which you have announced is appropriate.” Then he added, “At least there will be peace and stability during my lifetime.”

Nehemiah 9:5

The Levites – Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah – said, “Stand up and bless the lord your God!” “May you be blessed, O lord our God, from age to age. May your glorious name be blessed; may it be lifted up above all blessing and praise.

Job 1:11

But extend your hand and strike everything he has, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!”

Job 2:10

But he replied, “You’re talking like one of the godless women would do! Should we receive what is good from God, and not also receive what is evil?” In all this Job did not sin by what he said.

Job 9:12

If he snatches away, who can turn him back? Who dares to say to him, ‘What are you doing?’

Psalm 34:1

I will praise the Lord at all times; my mouth will continually praise him.

Psalm 34:2

I will boast in the Lord; let the oppressed hear and rejoice!

Psalm 39:9

I am silent and cannot open my mouth because of what you have done.

Psalm 49:17

For he will take nothing with him when he dies; his wealth will not follow him down into the grave.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

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

Ecclesiastes 5:14

Then that wealth was lost through bad luck; although he fathered a son, he has nothing left to give him.

Ecclesiastes 5:15

Just as he came forth from his mother's womb, naked will he return as he came, and he will take nothing in his hand that he may carry away from his toil.

Ecclesiastes 5:19

To every man whom God has given wealth, and possessions, he has also given him the ability to eat from them, to receive his reward and to find enjoyment in his toil; these things are the gift of God.

Isaiah 24:15

So in the east extol the Lord, along the seacoasts extol the fame of the Lord God of Israel.

Isaiah 42:24

Who handed Jacob over to the robber? Who handed Israel over to the looters? Was it not the Lord, against whom we sinned? They refused to follow his commands; they disobeyed his law.

Isaiah 45:7

I am the one who forms light and creates darkness; the one who brings about peace and creates calamity. I am the Lord, who accomplishes all these things.

Lamentations 3:38

Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that everything comes – both calamity and blessing?

Amos 3:6

If an alarm sounds in a city, do people not fear? If disaster overtakes a city, is the Lord not responsible?

Matthew 20:15

Am I not permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’

Acts 4:28

to do as much as your power and your plan had decided beforehand would happen.

Ephesians 5:20

always giving thanks to God the Father for each other in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

1 Thessalonians 5:18

in everything give thanks. For this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

1 Timothy 6:7

For we have brought nothing into this world and so we cannot take a single thing out either.

James 1:17

All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change.

James 5:11

Think of how we regard as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job’s endurance and you have seen the Lord’s purpose, that the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

Ruth 1:21

I left here full, but the Lord has caused me to return empty-handed. Why do you call me ‘Naomi,’ seeing that the Lord has opposed me, and the Sovereign One has caused me to suffer?”

1 Samuel 2:7

The Lord impoverishes and makes wealthy; he humbles and he exalts.

1 Samuel 2:8

He lifts the weak from the dust; he raises the poor from the ash heap to seat them with princes and to bestow on them an honored position. The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord, and he has placed the world on them.

1 Samuel 3:18

So Samuel told him everything. He did not hold back anything from him. Eli said, “The Lord will do what he pleases.”