Job

Job 1:21–22

²¹saying:

“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,

and naked I will return.

The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away.

Blessed be the name of the LORD.”

²²In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.

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Job 1:21

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
saying	וַיֹּאמֶר֩	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
Naked	עָרֹ֨ם	‘ā·rōm	Adjective - masculine singular	H6174 naked
I came	יָצָתִי	yå̄·ṣå̄·ṯī	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H3318 go or come out
from my mother’s	אִמִּ֗י	’im·mî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H517 mother
womb	מִבֶּ֣טֶן	mib·be·ṭen	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct	H990 belly, body, womb
and naked	וְעָרֹם֙	wə·‘ā·rōm	Conjunctive waw; Adjective - masculine singular	H6174 naked
I will return	אָשׁ֣וּב	’ā·šūḇ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H7725 turn back, return
The LORD	יְהוָ֣ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
gave	נָתַ֔ן	nā·ṯan	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
and the LORD	וַיהוָ֖ה	Yah·weh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
has taken away	לָקָ֑ח	lā·qāḥ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3947 take
Blessed	מְבֹרָֽךְ׃	mə·ḇō·rāḵ	Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine singular	H1288 kneel, bless
be	יְהִ֛י	yə·hî	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
the name	שֵׁ֥ם	šêm	Noun - masculine singular construct	H8034 name
of the LORD	יְהוָ֖ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh

Job 1:22

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
In all	בְּכָל־	bə·ḵāl	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
this	זֹ֖את	zōṯ	Pronoun - feminine singular	H2063 this
Job	אִיּ֑וֹב	’î·yō·wḇ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H347 Job
did not	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
sin	חָטָ֣א	ḥā·ṭā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H2398 miss
or	וְלֹא־	wə·lō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
charge	נָתַ֥ן	nā·ṯan	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
God	לֵאלֹהִֽים׃פ	lê·lō·hîm	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
with wrongdoing	תִּפְלָ֖ה	tip̄·lāh	Noun - feminine singular	H8604 unsavouriness, unseemliness

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 1:21 Ecclesiastes 5:15 · 1 Timothy 6:7 · 1 Thessalonians 5:18 · James 1:17 · Job 2:10 · Psalm 49:17 · Ephesians 5:20 · Ecclesiastes 12:7 · 1 Samuel 2:7 · Genesis 3:19 · Isaiah 45:7 · Lamentations 3:38

Job 1:22 James 1:12 · Job 2:10 · 1 Peter 1:7 · James 1:4 · Romans 9:20

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.