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Job 1:21 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Job 1:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 1:2117 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּאמֶר֩wayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
עָרֹ֨םʿārōm
nakedadjH6174
יצתיyṣty
appearverbH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
יָצָ֜אתִיyāṣāʾtiy
appearverbH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
מִ/בֶּ֣טֶןmibeṭen
from the womb ofpronH990
body · as they be born · within · womb
אִמִּ֗/יʾimiy
mother mynounH517
mother · parting
וְ/עָרֹם֙wəʿārōm
and nakedconjH6174
אָשׁ֣וּבʾāšwb
I will returnverbH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
שָׁ֔מָ/הšāmāh
there towardsadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
יְהוָ֣הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
נָתַ֔ןnātan
he gaveverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
וַ/יהוָ֖הwayhwāh
and YahwehconjH3068
the Lord. Compare
לָקָ֑חlāqāḥ
he has takenverbH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
יְהִ֛יyəhiy
may it beverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
שֵׁ֥םšēm
the name ofnounH8034
base · named · renown · report
יְהוָ֖הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
מְבֹרָֽךְməbōrākə
blessedverbH1288
abundantly · altogether · at all · bless ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Omar HassanNote2mo ago
The Lord Gave, the Lord Has Taken Away
Job has lost everything - his children, his wealth, his health. And his response is worship: 'The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.' Everything he owns is gone. A...
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