Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in 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.”

Job 1:21 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Job 1:21, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of Job 1. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

19 And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,

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.

22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • Ecclesiastes 5:15As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
  • 1 Timothy 6:7For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
  • 1 Thessalonians 5:18In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
  • James 1:17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
  • Job 2:10But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his …
  • Psalms 49:17For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
  • Ecclesiastes 12:7Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
  • Ephesians 5:20Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
  • Isaiah 45:7I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
  • 1 Samuel 2:7The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
  • Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
  • Lamentations 3:38Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
  • Psalms 39:9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
  • Isaiah 42:24Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.

More to meet God in Job

Job 1:5Job 33:26Job 42:8Job 42:10Job 40:4Job 37:23Job 33:23Job 1:10Job 40:2Job 33:27Job 1:8Job 24:1Job 2:11Job 8:3

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.