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Job 1:21

Job 1:21
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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And said, naked came I out of my mother's womb,.... Either literally, where he was conceived and lay, and from whence he came into the world, though he afterwards wishes he never had, or had died as…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And said, Naked came I out - That is, destitute of property, for so the connection demands; compare 1Ti 6:7; “For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.” A…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 1:20-22

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

naked shall I return thither The general sense is plain, though the precise idea is obscure. The words "my mother's womb" must be used literally, and return thithersomewhat inexactly, to describe a…