Job 1:21

World English Bible (2000)

He said, "Naked I came out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be the name of Yahweh."

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  • Eccl 5:15 : 15 As he came forth from his mother's womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.
  • Eph 5:20 : 20 giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;
  • 1 Thess 5:18 : 18 In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.
  • 1 Tim 6:7 : 7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we certainly can't carry anything out.
  • Job 2:10 : 10 But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?" In all this Job didn't sin with his lips.
  • 1 Sam 2:7 : 7 Yahweh makes poor, and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.
  • Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
  • Matt 20:15 : 15 Isn't it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?'
  • Gen 3:19 : 19 By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
  • Eccl 5:19 : 19 Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor--this is the gift of God.
  • Eccl 12:7 : 7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
  • Ps 49:17 : 17 For when he dies he shall carry nothing away. His glory shall not descend after him.
  • Isa 45:7 : 7 I form the light, and create darkness. I make peace, and create calamity. I am Yahweh, who does all these things.
  • Lam 3:38 : 38 Doesn't evil and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?
  • Amos 3:6 : 6 Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, and Yahweh hasn't done it?
  • Ps 89:38-52 : 38 But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed. 39 You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust. 40 You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin. 41 All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors. 42 You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice. 43 Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven't supported him in battle. 44 You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground. 45 You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah. 46 How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire? 47 Remember how short my time is! For what vanity have you created all the children of men! 48 What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah. 49 Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness? 50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples, 51 With which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one. 52 Blessed be Yahweh forevermore. Amen, and Amen. BOOK IV A Prayer by Moses, the man of God.
  • Isa 24:15 : 15 Therefore glorify Yahweh in the east, even the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea!
  • Isa 42:24 : 24 Who gave Jacob as plunder, and Israel to the robbers? Didn't Yahweh, he against whom we have sinned? For they would not walk in his ways, and they disobeyed his law.
  • Gen 30:2 : 2 Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in God's place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"
  • Gen 45:5 : 5 Now don't be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.
  • Ps 34:1 : 1 I will bless Yahweh at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth.
  • Ps 39:9 : 9 I was mute. I didn't open my mouth, because you did it.
  • 1 Sam 3:18 : 18 Samuel told him every bit, and hid nothing from him. He said, "It is Yahweh. Let him do what seems good to him."
  • 2 Sam 16:12 : 12 It may be that Yahweh will look on the wrong done to me, and that Yahweh will repay me good for the cursing of me today."
  • 1 Kgs 12:15 : 15 So the king didn't listen to the people; for it was a thing brought about of Yahweh, that he might establish his word, which Yahweh spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
  • 2 Kgs 20:19 : 19 Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "The word of Yahweh which you have spoken is good." He said moreover, "Isn't it so, if peace and truth shall be in my days?"
  • Job 1:11 : 11 But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face."
  • Acts 4:28 : 28 to do whatever your hand and your council foreordained to happen.

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