Job 1:19-21 KJV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 1:21

And said, Naked came I out - That is, destitute of property, for so the connection demands; compare 1 Timothy 6:7; “For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.” A similar expression also occurs in Pliny, “Hominem natura tanturn nudism.” Nat. Hist. proem. L. vii. Job felt that he was stripped of all, and that he must leave the world as destitute as he entered it.My mother’s womb - The earth - the universal mother. That he refers to the earth is apparent,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 1:19

Job 1:19. And behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness From the further part of, or across the wilderness, whence the fiercest winds came, as having most power in such open places: see Jeremiah 4:11; Jeremiah 13:24. By this it appears that Job’s situation was on the northerly side of the Arabian desert; and smote the four corners of the house In which the chief strength of the house consisted. The wind smote these either all together, or rather successively, one corner... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 1:20

Job 1:20. Then Job arose From his seat whereon he had been sitting in a disconsolate posture; and rent his mantle In token of his deep sense of, and just sorrow for, the heavy hand of God upon him, and his humiliation of himself under that hand: see Genesis 37:34; and shaved his head Caused the hair of his head to be shaved or cut off, which was then a usual ceremony in mourning: of which see Ezra 9:3; Isaiah 15:2; Isaiah 22:12; Jeremiah 7:29; Jeremiah 41:5; Micah 1:16. And fell down... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 1:21

Job 1:21. Naked came I out of my mother’s womb I brought none of those things which I have now lost with me when I came out of my mother’s womb into the world, but I received them from the hand and favour of that God who hath now required his own again; and naked shall I return I shall be as rich when I die as I was when I was born; and therefore have reason to be contented with my condition, which also is the common lot of all men. We go naked out of the world into the womb or lap of our... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 1:1-22

1:1-2:13 SATAN TESTS JOBFrom prosperity to ruin (1:1-22)A popular belief in ancient times was that prosperity and well-being were proofs of godliness, but poverty and suffering were proofs of ungodliness. They were signs that God was either rewarding or punishing a person, according to whether that person’s life was good or bad. The book of Job contradicts this belief. Yet the prosperous and contented Job was indeed a godly person who was blameless in all that he did. He was concerned also for... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 1:19

wind. Hebrew. ruach. App-9 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 1:20

shaved his head. Symbolic of mourning (Leviticus 21:5 .Jeremiah 7:29 ; Jeremiah 16:6 . Micah 1:16 ). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Job 1:20

THE WAY THAT A RIGHTEOUS MAN DEALS WITH DISASTER"Then Job arose, and rent his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped; and he said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: Jehovah gave, and Jehovah hath taken away; blessed be the name of Jehovah. In all this, Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.""Naked shall I return thither" (Job 1:21). Job did not mean that he would return to his mother's womb, but that he would return to... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 1:19

Job 1:19. From the wilderness— From the further part, or across; whence it appears that Job's situation was on the northerly side of the Arabian desart; the stormy winds in those countries blowing from the southerly quarters. Heath. It has been urged by some, that it is very unlikely that so many misfortunes should fall at once upon this good man, as that the messenger of one bad piece of news had no sooner done speaking, than another and another comes. But it should be observed, that the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 1:21

Job 1:21. Naked shall I return thither— That is, into my mother's womb; used figuratively, for the bowels of the earth, the common mother of us all. read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 1:21

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 1:19

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 1:20

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 1:21

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 1:1-22

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 1:19

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 1:20

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Job 1:20

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 1:19

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 1:21

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