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Job 1:20-22 KJV
Job · chapter 1 · verses 20–22 · King James Version
20Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, 21And 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. 22In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.Job 1:20-22 · King James Version
Job 1:20-22 in context
18While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:
19And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
20Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
21And 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.
22In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
Commentary
Cross references
- Ecclesiastes 5:15
- 1 Timothy 6:7
- 1 Thessalonians 5:18
- James 1:17
- Job 2:10
- Psalms 49:17
- Ecclesiastes 12:7
- Ephesians 5:20
- James 1:12
Key words (Strong's)
- mother'sʼêma motherH517 →
- blessedbârakto kneelH1288 →
- mantlemᵉʻîyla robeH4598 →
- shavedgazâzto cut offH1494 →
- groundʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- returnshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- sinnedchâṭâʼproperly, to missH2398 →
- aroseqûwmto riseH6965 →
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The devil had done all he desired leave to do against Job, to provoke him to curse God. He had touched all he had, touched it with a witness; he whom the rising sun saw the richest of all the men in the east was before night poor to a proverb.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 20-22