Passage

Job 1.21-22

Book: Job · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV

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 robe, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped;

21. 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. 22. In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly. (Job 1:19-22, ASV)

WEB

19. and behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young men, and they are dead. I alone have escaped to tell you.” 20. Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshiped.

21. He said, “Naked I came out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be Yahweh’s name.” 22. In all this, Job did not sin, nor charge God with wrongdoing. (Job 1:19-22, WEB)

KJV

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. ^{from: Heb. from aside, etc} 20. Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, ^{mantle: or, robe}

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. ^{charged: or, attributed folly to God} (Job 1:19-22, KJV)

YLT

19. And lo, a great wind hath come from over the wilderness, and striketh against the four corners of the house, and it falleth on the young men, and they are dead, and I am escaped, only I alone, to declare [it] to thee.' 20. And Job riseth, and rendeth his robe, and shaveth his head, and falleth to the earth, and doth obeisance,

21. and he saith, 'Naked came I forth from the womb of my mother, and naked I turn back thither: Jehovah hath given and Jehovah hath taken: let the name of Jehovah be blessed.' 22. In all this Job hath not sinned, nor given folly to God. (Job 1:19-22, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word.

H8034 - shem, shem, Strong's H8034
H7725 - shuv, shuv, Strong's H7725
H0430 - elohim, elohim, Strong's H0430
H3068 - YHWH, YHWH, Strong's H3068

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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