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21 He said,

“I came naked from my mother’s womb,
    and I will be naked when I leave.
The Lord gave me what I had,
    and the Lord has taken it away.
Praise the name of the Lord!”

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21 and said:

“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
    and naked I will depart.[a](A)
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;(B)
    may the name of the Lord be praised.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 1:21 Or will return there

15 We all come to the end of our lives as naked and empty-handed as on the day we were born. We can’t take our riches with us.

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15 Everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb,
    and as everyone comes, so they depart.(A)
They take nothing from their toil(B)
    that they can carry in their hands.(C)

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After all, we brought nothing with us when we came into the world, and we can’t take anything with us when we leave it.

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For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.(A)

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18 Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.

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18 give thanks in all circumstances;(A) for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

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17 Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens.[a] He never changes or casts a shifting shadow.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 1:17a Greek from above, from the Father of lights.
  2. 1:17b Some manuscripts read He never changes, as a shifting shadow does.

17 Every good and perfect gift is from above,(A) coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights,(B) who does not change(C) like shifting shadows.

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20 And give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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20 always giving thanks(A) to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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10 But Job replied, “You talk like a foolish woman. Should we accept only good things from the hand of God and never anything bad?” So in all this, Job said nothing wrong.

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10 He replied, “You are talking like a foolish[a] woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?”(A)

In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 2:10 The Hebrew word rendered foolish denotes moral deficiency.

    I create the light and make the darkness.
I send good times and bad times.
    I, the Lord, am the one who does these things.

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I form the light and create darkness,(A)
    I bring prosperity and create disaster;(B)
    I, the Lord, do all these things.

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The Lord makes some poor and others rich;
    he brings some down and lifts others up.

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The Lord sends poverty and wealth;(A)
    he humbles and he exalts.(B)

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38 Does not the Most High
    send both calamity and good?

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38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
    that both calamities and good things come?(A)

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For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

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and the dust returns(A) to the ground it came from,
    and the spirit returns to God(B) who gave it.(C)

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17 For when they die, they take nothing with them.
    Their wealth will not follow them into the grave.

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17 for they will take nothing(A) with them when they die,
    their splendor will not descend with them.(B)

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19 By the sweat of your brow
    will you have food to eat
until you return to the ground
    from which you were made.
For you were made from dust,
    and to dust you will return.”

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19 By the sweat of your brow(A)
    you will eat your food(B)
until you return to the ground,
    since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
    and to dust you will return.”(C)

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