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37 Who is there who speaks and it happens,
unless the Lord has ordained it?(A)
38 Do not both adversity and good
come from the mouth of the Most High?(B)
39 Why should any living person complain,
any man, because of the punishment for his sins?

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20 Then Job stood up, tore(A) his robe, and shaved(B) his head.[a] He fell to the ground and worshiped, 21 saying:

Naked I came from my mother’s womb,(C)
and naked I will leave this life.[b](D)
The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away.
Praise the name of Yahweh.(E)

22 Throughout all this Job did not sin or blame God for anything.[c](F)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 1:20 This custom demonstrated mourning.
  2. Job 1:21 Lit will return there; Ps 139:13,15
  3. Job 1:22 Lit or ascribe blame to God

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