# Job 1.22

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**Book:** [Job](/codex/job/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 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.
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> **22. In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.** (Job 1:20-22, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 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.”
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> **22. In all this, Job did not sin, nor charge God with wrongdoing.** (Job 1:20-22, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 20. Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, <sup>mantle: or, robe</sup> 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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> **22. In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly. <sup>charged: or, attributed folly to God</sup>** (Job 1:20-22, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 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.'
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> **22. In all this Job hath not sinned, nor given folly to God.** (Job 1:20-22, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## 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._

- None of the words in this verse has its own lexicon entry yet.

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Job Bet Objection Defeater](/codex/job-bet-objection-defeater/), via [Job 1.21-22](/codex/job-1-21-22/)

**People:**

- [Job the Patriarch](/codex/job-the-patriarch/)

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

## 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](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/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.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.