He said,וַיֹּאמֶר“NakedעָרֹםI came outיָצָאתִיof the bellyמִבֶּטֶןof my mother,אִמִּיand nakedוְעָרֹםI will returnאָשׁוּבthere.שָׁמָהYHWHיְהוָהgave,נָתַןand YHWHוַיהוָהtook;לָקָחmayיְהִיthe nameשֵׁםof YHWHיְהוָהbe blessed.”מְבֹרָךְ
Job 1:21
Study it in the app“He said, “Naked I came out of the belly of my mother, and naked I will return there. YHWH gave, and YHWH took; may the name of YHWH be blessed.””
Job tears his robe, falls to the ground, and blesses the name of YHWHSuffering and Trials
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 1:21, word by word
- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Nakedעָרֹםarom
naked
Naked.
Where else “arom” appears- I came outיָצָאתִיyatsati
spring up
To spring up, be born, come from something.
Where else “yatsati” appears- of the bellyבֶּטֶןbeten
belly
The belly; also one's innermost part.
Where else “beten” appears- of my motherאִמִּimi
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “imi” appears- I will returnאָשׁוּבashuv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “ashuv” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- gaveנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears- tookלָקָחlakach
accept
To accept what someone gives, such as teaching or correction.
Where else “lakach” appears- mayיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- the nameשֵׁםshem
name of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “shem” appears- be blessedמְבֹרָךְmevorach
praise
To praise God: "blessed be YHWH".
Where else “mevorach” appears
The context
20Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell to the ground and bowed down.
21 · This verse (above)
22In all this Job did not sin, nor did he charge Elohim with impropriety.