Job 1:21

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Naked came

1 Timothy 6:7

The lord gave

James 1:17

Taken away

General references

Psalm 39:9

Ecclesiastes 5:15

Bible References

Naked came

By the sweat of your face
You will eat bread,
Till you return to the ground,
Because from it you were taken;
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.”

For when he dies he will carry nothing away;
His glory will not descend after him.

As he had come naked from his mother’s womb, so will he return as he came. He will take nothing from the fruit of his labor that he can carry in his hand.

then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the

spirit will return to God who gave it.

For we have brought nothing into the world, so we cannot take anything out of it either.

The lord gave

But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

Then Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”

Furthermore, as for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, He has also empowered him to eat from them and to receive his reward and rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God.

Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
That

both good and ill go forth?

Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.

Taken away

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

Perhaps the Lord will look on my affliction and

return good to me instead of his cursing this day.”

So the king did not listen to the people; for it was a turn of events from the Lord, that He might establish His word, which the Lord spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

“I have become mute, I do not open my mouth,
Because it is You who have done it.

Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to plunderers?
Was it not the Lord, against whom we have sinned,
And in whose ways they were not willing to walk,
And whose law they did not obey?

The One forming light and creating darkness,
Causing well-being and creating calamity;
I am the Lord who does all these.

If a trumpet is blown in a city will not the people tremble?
If a calamity occurs in a city has not the Lord done it?

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

to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose predestined to occur.

General references

“I have become mute, I do not open my mouth,
Because it is You who have done it.

As he had come naked from his mother’s womb, so will he return as he came. He will take nothing from the fruit of his labor that he can carry in his hand.